Re: iptables

[Jon McClintock <jammer () weak org>]

On Thu, Feb 12, 2004 at 01:28:12AM +0800, Jorge Garcia wrote:
> according to a iptables tutorial, a match named tcp_options that is used to match packets depending on their TCP 
> options.
> whats are these tcp options and where can i find a list of available options.

TCP options are optional header fields that can be added to TCP packets.
Kind of a general purpose extension mechanism.

See http://www.freesoft.org/CIE/RFC/1700/9.htm for a list of the
options. 

-Jon

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