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14 years 9 months ago #33505 by waveLength
Can someone explain the meaning of the following error messages that are generated from running the iptables list command with the very verbose option, i.e. iptables -Ln -vv? The error is highlighted below with the arrows.

The error is generated for every custom 'Target name' used in the iptables script. The iptables list command with the -v option does not generate any error messages and the script 'appears' to function properly. I have a basic understanding of iptables, though I haven't seen any documentation that explains the very verbose output (and I'm not a programmer). I have googled "Target name: `ERROR' [64]" and it appears the last block containing "error='ERROR'" is commonly generated from other people's scripts, though I haven't seen any mention or concern about the error message itself. Any help is appreciated.


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SRC IP: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
DST IP: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
Interface: `'/................to `'/................
Protocol: 0
Flags: 00
Invflags: 00
Counters: 0 packets, 0 bytes
Cache: 00000000
Target name: `ERROR' [64]<<<<<<<<<<
error=`IN_ACC'<<<<<<<<<<
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SRC IP: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 *****LAST BLOCK*****
DST IP: 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
Interface: `'/................to `'/................
Protocol: 0
Flags: 00
Invflags: 00
Counters: 0 packets, 0 bytes
Cache: 00000000
Target name: `ERROR' [64]<<<<<<<<<<
error=`ERROR'<<<<<<<<<<

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