On Wed, 2004-06-23 at 09:24, Manestro Oliveira wrote: > Hi, > I am a begginer to Linux and I have a PREROUTING rule that makes port > redirection on incoming packages. But there is a server that don`t accept > that, and works only without that rule. How can I bypass the rule for that > server specifically? > > If iptables works by matching rules and leaving the other ones without > checking them, then I should insert a rule before that and the problem is > solved. Is this correct? > > Sorry if the question might be stupid, but I am taking the chance for > being stupid now (and maybe not forever). >) <snip> Yes, you can place an ACCEPT rule before the REDIRECT rule and that will halt processing in the PREROUTING chain for that match. Thanks for asking :-) - John -- John A. Sullivan III Chief Technology Officer Nexus Management +1 207-985-7880 john.sullivan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx --- If you are interested in helping to develop a GPL enterprise class VPN/Firewall/Security device management console, please visit http://iscs.sourceforge.net