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Re: TCP SYN packets which have the FIN flag set.



On Fri, Nov 05, 2004 at 03:04:34PM +0000, Baruch Even wrote:

>ESTABLISHED,RELATED
>NEW
>INVALID
>pick two to cover the spectrum of attacks.

Why not all three in this order...

INVALID -j REJECT 
ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT
NEW -j ACCEPT (if allowed)

I'm thinking PREROUTING is the best table (covers localhost, nat and
bridge connections); but historically I've used it on INPUT.

// George


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