On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 07:02:24AM +0000, Herbert Xu wrote: > Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 02, 2001 at 10:14:11AM +1100, Howard Lowndes wrote: > >> In iptables, what is the purpose of the OUTPUT chain in the nat table? > >> Does anyone have an example of where you might use it? > > > Output NAT doesn't work ATM (unless something really radical has > > changed), and probably won't, because of the enormous kludges needed in > > the IP stack (Netfilter is very particular about touching the IP stack - > > it does so very minimally ATM). > > That's funny. I've used for ages and it hasn't stopped working yet.
Obviously something really radical changed, then. > It applies to traffic originating from localhost. Yes. Its hook is in the exact same spot in the code as OUTPUT in the filter chain, only with a higher priority. -- Daniel Stone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <Robot101> let me clarify <Robot101> FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! FUCK! -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
