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Re: nft newbie



On Tue 12 Jul 2022, at 10:19, Maximiliano Estudies <maxiestudies@gmail.com> wrote:

> drop and reject are not equivalent.

Fair enough

[...]
> In most cases it's a best practice to configure all chains with
> _policy drop_ and then add rules for the traffic that you want to
> allow 

All the nftables and PF howtos I have found take this approach.

Why is it best practice?  Is there any security advantage over rejection?  

Thanks,
Gareth


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