[tproxy] A general question on xt_socket

[Balazs Scheidler]

On Tue, 2008-10-28 at 18:22 +0530, Arun Srinivasan wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> A general question:
> 
> Say I have the following rules configured:
> 
> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> iptables -t mangle -N DIVERT
> iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -p tcp -m socket -j DIVERT
> iptables -t mangle -A DIVERT -j MARK --set-mark 0x1
> iptables -t mangle -A DIVERT -j ACCEPT
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 
> In which case can the tcp packets go without hitting the rule
> "iptables -t mangle -I PREROUTING -p tcp -m socket -j DIVERT"?
> 

if there's no applicable local socket to the packet in question, then -m
socket will not match.

a socket is applicable if the associated tuple (local ip:port, remote
ip:port) matches the packet.

related ICMP packets also match.

-- 
Bazsi