> > My goal is to set-up an iptables rule that will match and DNAT the > > first HTTP(port 80) connection from a client (IP address). > > > > The first connection is defined as the first established TCP session > > from the time the iptables rule is inserted. No other TCP connection > > should match nor should be DNAT-ed. > > > > Is there any easy way to do this with current Netfilter/Iptables/pom. > > I can't think of a way to do this with netfilter on its own. Well I've come to this solution, but I wonder how reliable it is iptables -t nat -p tcp --dport 80 -s 171.68.1.1 -m quota --quota 40 \ -j REDIRECT --to-ports 9999 This seems to match only the first connection. Any other ideas??? -- Damjan Georgievski jabberID: damjan@xxxxxxxxxxxx