Existing connections / changing IpTables

[Tim]

On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 08:52 -0800, Richard Emberson wrote:
> What I was asking was: You've got an existing set of IpTable rules and
> you have a set of current/active connections that are governed by
> those rules. 

You didn't actually ask that, you were much vaguer.

> If an old rule says that a connection from a particular machine is
> allowed and you currently have such a connection and then you install
> new rules that disallow connections from that machine - will the
> existing connection be terminated or still remain open?

This is easy enough for you to try and find out.

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