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. :) -- Outlook users: please do not put my email address in your address book. This way, when you get infected with a virus, my address won't appear in the From: header. Thanks.
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