On 08/30/2012 07:47 AM, Mark van Dijk wrote: > > I am not sure about is why this does not seem to do anything when it's > added to FORWARD chain.. any idea? >
The TTL is decremented during routing. If it is zero after being decremented, an ICMP response is generated. With the rule in the FORWARD chain, the TTL gets re-incremented provided that the ICMP wasn't generated. -Tom -- Tom Eastep \ When I die, I want to go like my Grandfather who Shoreline, \ died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like Washington, USA \ all of the passengers in his car http://shorewall.net \________________________________________________ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
