On Fri, 2005-02-18 at 12:34, Jason Opperisano wrote: > On Fri, Feb 18, 2005 at 11:15:58AM -0500, Mohammad Khan wrote: > > I have couple of chains and rules for filter table > > > > -N TCP_IN > > -N TCP_OUT > > -N UDP_IN > > -N UDP_OUT > > -N ICMP_IN > > -N ICMP_OUT > > > > -N P1_IN > > -N P1_OUT > > -N P2_IN > > -N P2_OUT > > > > -A FORWARD -d IP_OF_P1 -j P1_IN > > -A FORWARD -s IP_OF_P1 -j P1_OUT > > > > -A FORWARD -d IP_OF_P1 -j P1_IN > > -A FORWARD -s IP_OF_P1 -j P1_OUT > > why do you have the above 2 rules twice? Sorry, copied and pasted .. should be -A FORWARD -d IP_OF_P1 -j P1_IN -A FORWARD -s IP_OF_P1 -j P1_OUT -A FORWARD -d IP_OF_P2 -j P2_IN -A FORWARD -s IP_OF_P2 -j P2_OUT > > > > -A FORWARD -j LOG --log-prefix "NOT_FORWARDED " > > -A FORWARD -j DROP > > > > -A P1_IN -t TCP -j TCP_IN > > -A P1_IN -t UDP -j UDP_IN > > -A P1_IN -t ICMP -j ICMP_IN > > -A P1_IN -j RETURN > > > > -A TCP_IN -t TCP --dport 80 -J ACCPET > > -A TCP_IN -j RETURN > Sorry again.. for the typo should be: -A P1_IN -p TCP -j TCP_IN -A P1_IN -p UPD -j UDP_IN -A P1_IN -p ICMP -j ICMP_IN -A P1_IN -j RETURN -A TCP_IN -p TCP --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A TCP_IN -j RETURN > the option to specify the protocol is "-p" not "-t" (that specifies the > table to operate on) > > > For any tcp packet that going to P1 and don't have destination port 80: > > > > returned to P1_IN chain from TCP_IN chain, then after > > returned to FORWARD chain from P1_IN, and finally > > dropping the packet after kept log. > > > > Am I right? > > yes, assuming the IP P1 is not local to the gateway in question. IP_OF_P1 is local IP. I didn't typed rules for P2_IN and P2_OUT I am just trying to understand *RETURN* . Thanks Mohammad