Re: Issuing verdicts out of order

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Hello,

On Sun, 6 May 2012 19:08:24 +0500, Waqar Hameed <waqar.hameed08@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I wanted to ask that can verdicts be issued to packets out of order?
> 
> I am building an application that delays the delivery of packets
> depending upon some factors. So it may be the case that the first
> packet has to be delayed whereas the second packet in queue must be
> *accepted* immediately. So can we store delaying packets in some queue
> and releasing them as required?

There is strictly no problem with that. The only thing to do is to have
a queue length which is big enough to avoid packet dropping.

BR,

> 
> If someone has other ideas of how to implement it using
> libnetfilter_queue, please guide me.
> 
> Best,
> 
> Waqar
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