Re: Startup error post-package install

[Research <research () nativemethods com>]

On Feb 26, 2015, at 4:27 PM, James Lay <jlay () slave-tothe-box net> wrote:
> > One last question remains - my firewall is set to block all ICMP traffic and this shows up when running a ping on 
> > another machine against the firewall - the responses are dropped and ping breaks.  However, on the server that the 
> > firewall is on, Snort is able to see the ICMP traffic and fire the rule.
> >
> >
> > Does this mean that Snort is looking at traffic *BEFORE* iptables blocks/allows it ?
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Indeed it is.
>
> James

Hi,

Thanks.  I thought that was the case, based on the results I observed, but I had been under the impression that 
iptables took precedence.  Appreciate knowing how the stack works and where Snort plugs in.
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