On Wed, 10 Jan 2007 19:26:56 -0500 Douglas Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[snip] > Before you assume this, you should check the netfilter docs. If by > default I block all outgoing and incomming connections then there's no > way to establish an 'existing' connection in the first place. If I > allow outgoing http requests then the data is allowed back in without me > opening the http port to allow incoming requests. That's the heart of > netfilter. > > Doug. Is this essentially what is meant by stateful packet inspection (SPI)? Celejar -- ssuds.sourceforge.net - Home of Ssuds and Ssudg, a Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
