From 70c3168eb83926d9dd93fc6f2269d56cb75b716f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: gandalf Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 17:35:03 +0000 Subject: INVALID state incorrectly explained (Cedric Blancher, Maciej Soltysiak) --- iptables.8 | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/iptables.8 b/iptables.8 index f73ff46..a166a8b 100644 --- a/iptables.8 +++ b/iptables.8 @@ -610,7 +610,9 @@ the connection tracking state for this packet. Where state is a comma separated list of the connection states to match. Possible states are .B INVALID -meaning that the packet is associated with no known connection, +meaning that the packet could not be identified for some reason which +includes running out of memory and ICMP errors which don't correspond to any +known connection, .B ESTABLISHED meaning that the packet is associated with a connection which has seen packets in both directions, -- cgit v1.2.3