From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: slow_speed@att.net Subject: Re: Reload IPtables Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2021 16:57:19 -0400 Message-ID: References: <08f069e3-914f-204a-dfd6-a56271ec1e55.ref@att.net> <08f069e3-914f-204a-dfd6-a56271ec1e55@att.net> <4ac5ff0d-4c6f-c963-f2c5-29154e0df24b@hajes.org> <6430a511-9cb0-183d-ed25-553b5835fa6a@att.net> <877683bf-6ea4-ca61-ba41-5347877d3216@thelounge.net> <20210627191107.79ca63b9cf4dfe9028649524@plushkava.net> <227edb33-b86d-2310-bc63-c6d903bea95d@att.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=att.net; s=s1024; t=1624827446; bh=7JnYZa+xh/Y9rjfvk0VxNJlrSx5v3PsI9+Xm4bgVr08=; h=Subject:To:References:From:Date:In-Reply-To:From:Subject:Reply-To; b=E5MQm61uN8g9GsPTfExEyt0NcpJYvHhS2XYz1+bxpg+ztC5zv5vrzxJZLgY921Lz4TJ8CAz5YL1LYP/DTuZ8aqeE3/yP+wEWLSvvl7p7uw3fY6jEYrivB6I+oYLPg8U0p3THdTyQa5i6XfvhE189ieNMWjf6X1Ck7dZpcsPsqFg= In-Reply-To: Content-Language: en-US List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"; format="flowed" To: Reindl Harald , netfilter@vger.kernel.org On 6/27/21 2:57 PM, Reindl Harald wrote: > > it's very distribution specific and that's why this is likely the=20 > wrong mailing list Yes, I understand the distribution issue; I was just pointing that out.=C2= =A0=20 However, netfilter@vger.kernel.org appears to be the end-all and be-all=20 of netfilter issues.=C2=A0 Thus, one should address this list. Further, we should not learn just for one distro.=C2=A0 That would be a h= uge=20 mistake. > why do you think you need a manual flush?=20 Because I do not have the experience regarding the internal workings of=20 iptables/nftables in this regard. It is very simply; does one need to flush before reloading or not?