Re: Does a forwarded packet has a local socket with it?

[Masoud Sharbiani <masouds@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 07:03 -0700, Park Lee wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005 at 08:03, jamal wrote:
> > simple answer: no
> 
> Thank you very much.
> 
> Still, Does a forwarded packet also have no any kernel
> socket with it?  i.e. Is a forwarded packet not
> associated with any socket at all? 
> 
No.

> When the forwarded packet arrived at its destination
> machine, is there any socket associated with the
> packet on the destination machine?
It better be :-) 
Otherwise, it could be ignored or just refused (as in connection
refused).
> 
> Thanks again. 
> 
> Best Regards,
> Park Lee
> 
> 
>               

cheers, 
Masoud
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Masoud Sharbiani <masouds at masoud.ir>