[ale] nmap and REJECT rules

[Robert L. Harris]

My understanding is that "reject" sends back a packet saying the port is
filtered while DROP does that, just drops the packet on the floor as if
nothing is there listening.


Thus spake Christopher Fowler (cfowler at outpostsentinel.com):

> I have iptables to reject attempted connections to certain ports.  NMAP
> sees these as filtered.  I thought reject was to give the appearance
> that they are closed.  How does NMAP know that it is being filtered. 
> Maybe DROP is a better rule?
> 
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