iptables does not filter traffic that has no TCP or IP options in RHEL 6

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

In order to perform matches on ipv4 traffic that has no TCP or IP options in packets, additional match extensions are required.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6

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