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From: Michael Rothwell <rothwell@holly-springs.nc.us>
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Subject: iptables: "stateful inspection?"
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IPChains is essentially useless as a firewall due to its lack of
stateful packet filering. Will the IPTables code in 2.4 maintain
connection state?

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