I have attached a diagram which was posted a while back on the path of packets through the kernel
might help
On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 07:50:12PM +1000, Adrian Levi wrote:
> On 13/02/2008, Zach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Feb 12, 2008 7:20 PM, Adrian Levi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > The topology of chains to tables is fundamentally different, In chains
> > > a packet that is to be forwarded must also go though the input and
> > > output chains. Under tables this packet only has to traverse the
> > > forward table, input and output tables only refer to packets destined
> > > for and from the firewall machine.
> >
> > Hi Adrian,
> >
> > Ah I see so we're dealing with apples and oranges here.
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> Adrian
>
> --
> 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths?
> <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to
> ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my
> apartment it is.
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