On Mon, May 02, 2005 at 03:04:20PM -0400, John G. Norman wrote: > tcp 0 0 :::8080 :::* LIST k--so the cheap -n- easy stab was that nothing was listening on TCP port 8080. here's how i would go about checking this...first--use the REDIRECT method, as it's the "normal" way to do transparent proxying. next: even though your firewall is wide-open, create a rule like: iptables -A INPUT -i $INSIDE_IF -p tcp --dport 8080 -j ACCEPT with the REDIRECT rule and the ACCEPT rule in place, generate some HTTP traffic from a client behind the firewall. using "iptables -t nat -vnxL" is the REDIRECT rule getting hits? if not--HTTP traffic is never making it to this gateway. using "iptables -vnxL" is the ACCEPT rule getting hits? if not--there's something wrong with your REDIRECT rule (most likely the inbound interface). if it is--packets should be making it to the squid proxy--is squid setup for transparent proxying? HTH... -j -- "Brian: Whose leg do I have to hump to get a dry martini around here?" --Family Guy