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| <td>Input</td> | | <td>Input</td> |
| <td>Reject {{!}} Drop {{!}} Accept; Default: '''Accept'''</td> | | <td>Reject {{!}} Drop {{!}} Accept; Default: '''Accept'''</td> |
− | <td>Action<span style="color: #0054A6;">'''*'''</span> that is to be performed for packets that pass through the Input chain</td> | + | <td>Action<span class="asterisk">*</span> that is to be performed for packets that pass through the Input chain</td> |
| </tr> | | </tr> |
| <tr> | | <tr> |
| <td>Output</td> | | <td>Output</td> |
| <td>Reject {{!}} Drop {{!}} Accept; Default: '''Accept'''</td> | | <td>Reject {{!}} Drop {{!}} Accept; Default: '''Accept'''</td> |
− | <td>Action<span style="color: #0054A6;">'''*'''</span> that is to be performed for packets that pass through the Output chain</td> | + | <td>Action<span class="asterisk">*</span> that is to be performed for packets that pass through the Output chain</td> |
| </tr> | | </tr> |
| <tr> | | <tr> |
| <td>Forward</td> | | <td>Forward</td> |
| <td>Reject {{!}} Drop {{!}} Accept; Default: '''Reject'''</td> | | <td>Reject {{!}} Drop {{!}} Accept; Default: '''Reject'''</td> |
− | <td>Action<span style="color: #0054A6;">'''*'''</span> that is to be performed for packets that pass through the Forward chain</td> | + | <td>Action<span class="asterisk">*</span> that is to be performed for packets that pass through the Forward chain</td> |
| </tr> | | </tr> |
| </table> | | </table> |
− | '''*When a packet goes through a firewall chain it is matched against all the rules of that specific chain. If no rule matches said packet, an according Action (Drop, Reject or Accept) is performed'''
| + | <span class="asterisk">*</span>When a packet goes through a firewall chain it is matched against all the rules of that specific chain. If no rule matches said packet, an according Action (Drop, Reject or Accept) is performed''' |
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− | '''Accept''' – packet gets to continue down to the next chain
| + | *<b>Accept</b> – packet gets to continue down to the next chain |
− | | + | *<b>Drop</b> – packet is stopped and deleted |
− | '''Drop''' – packet is stopped and deleted
| + | *<b>Reject</b> – packet is stopped, deleted and, differently from Drop, an ICMP packet containing a message of rejection is sent to the source of the dropped packet |
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− | '''Reject''' – packet is stopped, deleted and, differently from Drop, an ICMP packet containing a message of rejection is sent to the source of the dropped packet
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| ===DMZ=== | | ===DMZ=== |