iptable log-message

Tim ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au
Mon May 28 02:55:51 UTC 2007


Harald Hoyer
>>> ------- iptables firewall Begin --------
>>>
>>>  Logged 171 packets on interface eth0
>>>    From 137.227.xxx.xxx - 171 packets to tcp(N1,N2,N3,...,Nn)


jdow:
> The log message suggests that iptables is already dropping or
> rejecting the packets and logging them.

Not intuitively...  That says it logged them, it doesn't explicitly say
it's logged prevented connections.  It'd be less worrying for people if
it said "logged and dropped packets," or words to that effect.  For all
you know, it's logged something unusual that *happened*.

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