On Wednesday 10 March 2004 11:47 am, rohit persaie wrote: > Dear All, > > There is one option in iptables .....-Z , used for the packet and byte > counters in all the chains. > > Please tell me the use of this option, with example. # clear the packet counters to zero iptables -Z # wait for some traffic to go through the machine (eg: come back tomorrow) sleep 86400 # look at the counters now to find out how much traffic has matched each rule iptables -L -nvx # Repeat as long as the information interests you Regards, Antony. -- Programming is a Dark Art, and it will always be. The programmer is fighting against the two most destructive forces in the universe: entropy and human stupidity. They're not things you can always overcome with a "methodology" or on a schedule. - Damian Conway, Perl God Please reply to the list; please don't CC me.