On Tue, 23 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 06:41:53PM -0400, rpjday wrote: > > > i'm currently looking at a diagram of how packets are processed by > > iptables, and one part of the diagram shows local applications generating > > packets which are handed to an OUTPUT chain, from which they are handed to > > *another* OUTPUT chain, before a routing decision is made. > > > > i'm assuming that one of these OUTPUT boxes is the one for the filter > > table, while the other is the one for the nat table and that, even though > > they have the same name, they are really two distinct chains. > > > > can anyone clarify which of those two chains is used first -- filter or > > nat? thanks. > > A URL for the diagram would be a big help :)
sorry, no URL -- it's in a manual i'm looking at. rday
