Graham Leggett wrote:
> I just need a quick clarification as to how the firewall accounting
> rules work.
>
> If I have two rules, the first a specific rule, the second a general
> rule, will the kernel log a packet with both rules, or just with the
> rule that matched first?
Packets are checked against *every* accounting rule. If a packet
matches multiple accounting rules, every matching rule will have its
packet and byte counters incremented.
This is different to the behaviour for the input/output/forwarding
rules, where only the first matching rule is used.
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Glynn Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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