Confused as Chris Griffin

[Teddy Mills]

Q1
FORWARD chain "are for packets destined for other hosts"
Well, why am I recieving packets that arent meant for me?
Why can I just DROP all packets recieved on the FORWARD chain?
What exactly is the FORWARD chains function ?

Q2
INPUT chain is for packets destined for our local machine.
Do these packets originate from Internet and all my LAN hosts?

Q3
OUTPUT chain is for packets generated locally, now leaving.
Is this just for the Linux "lo" interface?
What about the local LAN interface and all my LAN hosts?


Confused as Chris Griffin.....



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