On Thu, 2004-09-23 at 12:58, Dominic Iadicicco wrote: > Jason: > > Thats a perfectly good question. > > I am tring to learn how to use iptables. I have > read a lot of documentation but am not having to much > success. So my whole goal in this is just to learn. > :) > > > Thanks. > > Dom this is not tested, but it works in my head: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth1 -p tcp \ -d 10.0.0.1 --dport 22 -j DNAT --to-destination 172.16.12.130 # at this point, the netfilter code should treat this # packet as "locally-destined" and i *believe* will # never enter the FORWARD chain iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -d 172.16.12.130 --dport 22 -j ACCEPT i'm pretty sure i recall reading somewhere that the INPUT vs. FORWARD decision is solely based on IP, not interface. so even though conceptually it seems as though the packet would be "forwarded" from eth1 to eth0, it's still just an INPUT packet, as it is destined for a local IP (172.16.12.130)... the "IN=" in a log entry should still show eth1, i think... let us know how it goes. -j -- Jason Opperisano <opie@xxxxxxxxxxx>