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Re: patch: policy update by id

To: Thomas Graf <tgraf@xxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: patch: policy update by id
From: Patrick McHardy <kaber@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 14:09:42 +0200
Cc: Herbert Xu <herbert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, jamal <hadi@xxxxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx
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Thomas Graf wrote:
* Herbert Xu <20050428032045.GA24041@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 2005-04-28 13:20

iptables -D INPUT 2

Except for when another iptables instance has modified the ordering of
the rules by inserting or deleting a rule in the meantime. Please do
not adopt this scheme, it's completely unreliable.

Yes, if you don't know the ordering of your ruleset it is unreliable :)

Regards
Patrick

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