Grant, It works! thank you so much! and this tagging/match rule will help me in my future firewall scripts I'm sure! -steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "Taylor, Grant" <gtaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 3:50 PM Subject: Re: udp connection tracking > > Firstly thank you for your reply! > > You are welcome! > > > Currently i have a rule in my firewall that DNATS to the client machine, > > I'm guessing that i will also need to DNAT that single packet but im not > > sure where to place the rule. > > could i use the two rules you gave me with this additional one: > > > > iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i ${INet} -p udp -m recent --rcheck --seconds > > 60 --name WSWE8 -- source -j DNAT --to-destination $CLIENT_IP > > Yes, you should be able to DNAT like you have suggested. Heads up, you have "-- source" when it should be "--rsource" in your rule. :) > > > thank you again, > > No problem. This is what this list is for. > >