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Task-centered iproute2 user guide (baturin.org)
46 points by greengreengrass 15 days ago | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments


> “Throw” routes may be used for implementing policy-based routing. In non-default tables they stop the lookup process but don’t send ICMP error messages.

No - "throw" continues to the next "ip rule" entry that matches, i.e. throws the lookup to the next table. It's like "continue" in C-like languages.

Very poorly named.


iproute? nft all the way!


It is about iproute2, so not directly related to iptables/nftables.


You confused iproute2 and iptables.


I thought the NFT hype was over...


what? man




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