RE: iptables REJECT types for UDP (if any)

From: Miguel Angel Rodríguez Jódar (rodriguj@atc.us.es)
Date: 11/16/02

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    From: Miguel Angel Rodríguez Jódar <rodriguj@atc.us.es>
To: "'Richard Dicaire'" <rdicaire@kritek.net>
Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:01:58 +0100

    > using -j DROP as a target, what I want to know is what types
    > of REJECT
    > can be used for UDP packets? Thanks.

    AFAIK, UDP packets are not realiable, and haven't got things like the
    RST option in their headers as TCP packets have, so dropping it is your
    only choice.

            Miguel Angel

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