Re: [RFD] iptables: mangle table obsoletes filter table

From: Valdis . Kletnieks
Date: Sat Oct 20 2007 - 00:47:45 EST


On Sat, 20 Oct 2007 06:40:02 +0300, Al Boldi said:

> Sure, the idea was to mark the filter table obsolete as to make people start
> using the mangle table to do their filtering for new setups. The filter
> table would then still be available for legacy/special setups. But this
> would only be possible if we at least ported the REJECT target to mangle.

That's *half* the battle. The other half is explaining why I should move
from a perfectly functional setup that uses the filter table. What gains
do I get from doing so? What isn't working that I don't know about? etc?

In other words - why do I want to move from filter to mangle?

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