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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>
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       <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>
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         <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>
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         <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'''
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<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
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*<b>Accept</b> – packet gets to continue down to the next chain
 
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*<b>Drop</b> – packet is stopped and deleted
'''Drop''' – packet is stopped and deleted
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*<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
      
===DMZ===
 
===DMZ===

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