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Iptables setup on VPN client having LAN [closed]

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Is iptables thread safe?

This seems to me to be a basic question, but google and SO fail to give me an answer. As the title says, is iptables thread safe? If I have multiple processes making calls to iptables, should I create a lock for myself? There seems to be some threads from 2009 querying if netfilter is thread-safe, with no sol…

iptables LOG and DROP in one rule

I am trying to log outgoing connections with iptables. What I want is, drop and accept connection while logging them also. I have found that -j option takes DROP/REJECT/ACCEPT/LOG. But I want to do something like DROP and LOG or ACCEPT and LOG. Is there a way to achieve this ? Answer Example: Log Exampe: Othe…