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When the default policy for the netfilter INPUT chain is set to DROP, why should a rule allowing traffic to localhost exist?
The correct answer is C. Some applications use the localhost interface to communicate with other applications. You've hit your weekly limit · resets 5am (America/New_York)
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Question
When the default policy for the netfilter INPUT chain is set to DROP, why should a rule allowing traffic to localhost exist?
Options
- AAll traffic to localhost must always be allowed.
- BIt doesn't matter; netfilter never affects packets addressed to localhost.
- CSome applications use the localhost interface to communicate with other applications.
- Dsyslogd receives messages on localhost.
How the community answered
(27 responses)- A7% (2)
- B4% (1)
- C85% (23)
- D4% (1)
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Topics
#netfilter#iptables#INPUT chain#localhost traffic
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