On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Michael Schwendt wrote: >> > DROP means "drop this packet on the floor and do not process it", >> > which is the least resource using of the bunch. >> > >> >>I you would like to understand more drop a line to me. >> > >> > LOL >> >> >> Mike, I would rather not respond to any of your posts but I think in >> this case I am forced to. BTW - LOLs at typos are not needed. >> >> Mike by the very nature of what you stated about DROP it does have to >> DOOOOO something, yes it has to drop it - but then again why DROP a >> packet or even bother with inserting a rule if the packet won't do >> anything in the first place. >> >> I think the policy of just IGNORE packets that do nothing is the best. > >This confirms my earlier assumption that you have not understood >what DROP does and what a default policy of DROP is. Funny, that's my conclusion also. ;o) -- Mike A. Harris ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
