[ale] [OT] info on x10 browser popups

[Kevin Krumwiede]

Because pop-ups don't really get "pushed" to you.  You load a page that
contains an instruction to request them, and the browser dutifully complies
with that instruction.  It's the browser's outgoing request for the pop-up
page that you want to block, hence the rule in the OUTPUT chain.

Actually you might better change the rule I suggested to REJECT instead of
DROP.  If you set it to DROP, the browser (or at least one of its threads)
might hang a while waiting for a response.  Likewise, if you put the rule in
the INPUT chain, the request for the page would go out OK, but then the
browser would wait for a response that would never come.

Krum


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Millson [mailto:mgm at atsga.com]
> Sent: Monday, April 01, 2002 11:30 AM
> To: Geoffrey; Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: RE: [ale] [OT] info on x10 browser popups
>
>
> I'm just curious. Why did you choose to put the rule on the
> OUTPUT chain? My
> thought was that the INPUT chain would maybe be a better place for it
> because it was farther upstream.
>
> Mike


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