hi, was wondering if anyone has successfully setup a ruleset for a quake3 server with iptables ? this is the ruleset i have in place so far, but i keep getting the following error: NET_SendPacket ERROR: Operation not permitted to <connecting ip>:27960 is there something that i am missing for the ruleset ? iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE1 -d $IPADDR3 -p udp --dport 27960 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE1 -d $IPADDR3 -p tcp --dport 27960 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE1 -s $IPADDR3 -p udp --sport 27960 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE1 -s $IPADDR3 -p tcp --sport 27960 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE1 -d $IPADDR3 -p udp --dport 27960 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE1 -d $IPADDR3 -p tcp --dport 27960 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE1 -s $IPADDR3 -p udp --dport 27960 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A OUTPUT -o $IFACE1 -s $IPADDR3 -p tcp --dport 27960 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE1 -d $IPADDR3 -p udp --sport 27960 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i $IFACE1 -d $IPADDR3 -p tcp --sport 27960 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT thanks in advance for any suggestions Dom