I will still need to define the device alias, correct? Thanks Dave >>> "Jason Opperisano" <Jopperisano@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 08/18/04 09:25AM >>> > Hello: > I am new to the list. I am currently using iptables to > redirect traffic on eth0 for ports 80 and 443, to ports 8080 and 8443, > respectively. I have request to set up another DNS name for this server > and to redirect entries coming to port 443 for this new DNS name to port > 8444. I think that one way of doing this would be to define a device > alias, say eth0:1, assign it a new IP address and associate the new DNS > name with that new IP. I could then use iptables to redirect traffic on > eth0:1, port 443 to port 8444. I was just wondering if iptables > recognizes/supports device aliases or if there is a better way of > accomplishing the same thing. iptables does not recognise the "eth0:1" syntax. use ip aliases: ip address add x.x.x.x dev eth0 and then filter on "-i eth0" and ip address "x.x.x.x" -j