Subject: iptables NEW or SYN

From: Markus Feldmann <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 13 May 2010 15:17:32 +0200

Hi All,

i am still experiment with iptables and the state extension. Some of my 
rules shall catch packets with the state NEW, but it doesn't catch all 
packets. Sometimes there are packets that have the SYN Flag set which go 
through my rules with the state NEW.

Any idea why?
I thought SYN is included in the state NEW, is that wrong?

What is the difference between SYN and NEW?

regards Markus