On Sat, Nov 16, 2002 at 06:01:58PM +0100, Miguel Angel Rodríguez Jódar wrote:
> > using -j DROP as a target, what I want to know is what types 
> > of REJECT 
> > can be used for UDP packets? Thanks.
> 
> AFAIK, UDP packets are not realiable, and haven't got things like the
> RST option in their headers as TCP packets have, so dropping it is your
> only choice.

ICMP has a "port unreachable" packet that might fit this perfectly.
(Type 3 code 3.) "host unreachable" is more draconian but probably gets
the same message across. :)


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