On 5/26/2015 7:53 AM, jonetsu wrote:
> Hello,
>
>
>   When specifying a rpfilter option for an interface, we can see after 
> applying the firewall configuration that there is a rpfilter being added for 
> that interface, as well as a rpfilter chain.  OTOH, no rp_filter option is 
> set in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/<interface|all>/rp_filter.
>
>
> What is the difference between what seems to be two different reverse path 
> filtering options.  One is being observed by iptables and the other as a 
> kernel module ... ?
See shorewall-interfaces(5) and note the difference between
'routefilter' and 'rpfilter'. 'routefilter' uses /proc while 'rpfilter'
is done via iptables.

-Tom

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