> Why? Today the behavior is random. If you added a NAT table rule > before a FORWARD table rule, the NAT rules would be at the bottom > of the iptables-save output. You're suggesting that completely > random behavior should be the _default_? Isn't deterministic > behavior a better default? I didn't say it should be the default. I said there should be a way to disable the sorting. Getting a dump as close as possible to the kernels view of the situation is potentially desirable when debugging stuff. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html