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Re: NetFilter connection tracking



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On Tuesday 19 November 2002 07:04, you wrote:
> If it is a client machine and has a default DROP policy on
> incoming packets, then ALLOW packets associated with open
> connections. You probably don't need any other special
> rules. Just set up policies to allow OUTPUT packets on the
> ports you want. Only associated packets will be accepted IN.

Thanks for the feedback.  All I am still a little worried about is what 
are associated packets, I guess.  So suppose I initiate a non-anonymous 
FTP session, I've seen that generate ident packets.  Are these 
associated?  Similar worries about other protocols.
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Olaf Meeuwissen
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