With the firewall configured like below: track_conn="1" ExtIP1="64.x.x.x" # External IP ExtIP2="64.x.x.y" # External IP eth4 pss1="10.0.0.1" # eth3 ns="IP" # master dns ns3="IP" #s ns2 slave dns ntp1="IP" loopback="127.0.0.0/8" class_a="10.0.0.0/8" #non routable networks class_b="172.16.0.0/12" class_c="192.168.0.0/16" class_d="224.0.0.0/5" privports="0:1023" # privildeged ports unprivports="1024:65535" xwindows="6000:6003" #Lets block access to X mysql="3306" #Set Default Policy iptables --policy INPUT DROP iptables --policy OUTPUT DROP iptables --policy FORWARD DROP # Pre-Routing Redirect for Web Server. in from public ip (eth4) to pss1 (eth3) iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth4 -p tcp --sport $unprivports -d $ExtIP2 --dport 8080 -j DNAT --to-destination 10.0.0.57:8080 iptables -A FORWARD -i eth4 -o eth3 -p tcp --sport $unprivports -d 10.0.0.57 --dport 8080 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i eth3 -o eth4 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i eth4 -o eth3 -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT ######################################################################################################### RULES for SSH in to INTERNAL, Handling ICMP NTP, and dropping and logging all traffic..blah blah ############## AT THE END I HAVE #Forward iptables -A FORWARD -o eth0 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -o eth1 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT ########################################################### #Postrouting iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -j SNAT --to-source $ExtIP1 #################################################################################################### SNAT works but the DNAT is dropped as seen below. The drop is occuring inbound on the internal interface. I put a log rule on the PREROUTE and did not see anything. It seems that the forwards at the end I doung something bad... Any suggestions. Inbnd TCP Drp Internal IN=eth1 OUT= SRC=10.10.10.2 DST=64.x.x.x PROTO=TCP SPT=32826 DPT=9001 Additional info: SuSE 8.2 iptables-1.2.7a-174 Will