This is specifying that the rule only applies to SYN packets. This would be essentially all packets that you did not request. If you set a rule to deny all syn packets it essentially blocks all inbound packets that you did not request. Jason -----Original Message----- From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of tamer amr Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2006 10:44 To: redhat Subject: iptables hi i want to know what is the --syn option doing in the iptables rule ? because i want to know what is the SYN,ACK packets ? --------------------------------- Check out the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
