Thanks you for suggestion but I shoud have another kind of problem. I think my problem isn't on rules but over somewhere else: as Antony Stone wrote I tryed "iptables -L INPUT -nvx" to see if I get zero packets counts and the answer of a telnet 82.186.92.91 25 is [root@maya root]# iptables -L INPUT -nvx Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 0 0 ACCEPT tcp -- eth1 * 0.0.0.0/0 82.186.92.91 tcp dpt:25 state NEW,ESTABLISHED 0 0 ACCEPT icmp -- eth1 * 0.0.0.0/0 82.186.92.90 0 0 ACCEPT icmp -- eth1 * 0.0.0.0/0 82.186.92.93 0 0 DROP all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 and if I ping 82.186.92.90 [root@maya root]# iptables -L INPUT -nvx Chain INPUT (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 9 790 ACCEPT all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 2 168 ACCEPT icmp -- eth1 * 0.0.0.0/0 82.186.92.90 I can see that the icmp rule iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -i eth1 -d 82.186.92.90 -j ACCEPT works but the rule -A INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp -d 82.186.92.90 --dport 22 -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A OUTPUT -o eth1 -p tcp -s 82.186.92.90 --sport 22 -m state --state ESTABLISHED -j ACCETP is applied but I have zero packets count. So I tryed with tcpdump: I log into anoher pc and I telnet 82.186.92.91 25. At local host I try: [root@maya root]# tcpdump -i eth1 | grep host91-92.pool82186.interbusiness.it tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode listening on eth1, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes 11:31:41.895811 IP bella.dei.unipd.it.52242 > host91-92.pool82186.interbusiness.it.smtp: S 891791967:891791967(0) win 24820 <nop,nop,sackOK,mss 1460> 11:31:45.257887 IP bella.dei.unipd.it.52242 > host91-92.pool82186.interbusiness.it.smtp: S 891791967:891791967(0) win 24820 <nop,nop,sackOK,mss 1460> 11:31:52.006557 IP bella.dei.unipd.it.52242 > host91-92.pool82186.interbusiness.it.smtp: S 891791967:891791967(0) win 24820 <nop,nop,sackOK,mss 1460> 190 packets captured 291 packets received by filter 0 packets dropped by kernel I can see that the just the first packet arrives but anything leave my host. I don't know why... So I can't understand why with telnet 82.186.92.91 25 iptables -L INPUT -nvx detect that any packet is dropped and anypacket is accepted by the rule. Where packets go? I have also seen that iproute configurtion is correct with ip addr show dev eth1 with the anser 3: eth1: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:40:f4:62:38:fd brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 82.186.92.90/29 brd 82.186.92.95 scope global eth1 inet 82.186.92.91/29 brd 82.186.92.95 scope global secondary eth1:1 inet 82.186.92.92/29 brd 82.186.92.95 scope global secondary eth1:2 inet 82.186.92.93/29 brd 82.186.92.95 scope global secondary eth1:3 inet 82.186.92.94/29 brd 82.186.92.95 scope global secondary eth1:4 best regards marco --------- Original Message -------- Da: "Aleksandar Milivojevic" <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> To: "Netfilter User Mailinglist" <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Oggetto: Re: again problem with alias / virtual interface Data: 20/07/04 21:25 Aleksandar Milivojevic wrote: [snip] > -A INPUT -i eth1 -p tcp -d 82.186.92.90 --dport 22 > -m state --state NEW,ESTABLISHED > -A OUTPUT -o eth1 -p tcp -s 82.186.92.90 --sport 22 > -m state --state ESTABLISHED > -A INPUT -i eth1 -p icmp -d 82.186.92.90 -m state --state RELATED > -A OUTPUT -o eth1 -p icmp -s 82.186.92.90 -m state --state RELATED I forgot "-j ACCEPT" in all of the above. Sorry for the omission... -- Aleksandar Milivojevic <amilivojevic@xxxxxx> Pollard Banknote Limited Systems Administrator 1499 Buffalo Place Tel: (204) 474-2323 ext 276 Winnipeg, MB R3T 1L7 -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: Vuoi completare i tuoi studi? Cepu offre una soluzione di insegnamento individuale e personalizzato Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=2617&d=20040721 -- Email.it, the professional e-mail, gratis per te: http://www.email.it/f Sponsor: 18 Bottiglie di eccellenti vini Giordano + 7 specialità alimentari + 1 batteria di pentole da 10 pezzi in acciaio Tutto a metà prezzo! Clicca qui: http://adv.email.it/cgi-bin/foclick.cgi?mid=2625&d=20040721