On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Arnt Karlsen wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 2003 18:40:27 -0600, > Herman <Herman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message > <200310121840.27031.Herman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > The real problem that I'm trying to solve is this: > > Several hosts need to acces a gov service that uses Java and a certain > > port. > > ..if these hosts are initiating this connection from your end, > " -j ESTABLISHED,RELATED" should do it, instead of you > running around chasing your tail. i suspect you really meant -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED. rday