My OUTPUT and FORWARD tables have policy ACCEPT and no rules. It's only INPUT that is causing headache. In my current state (below) an established connection is OK (like ssh in then start) but after adding these rule no new connection can be made. Config: > > imperium root # iptables -L INPUT -n > Chain INPUT (policy DROP) > target prot opt source destination > ACCEPT all -- 127.0.0.0/8 0.0.0.0/0 > ACCEPT udp -- 192.168.42.1 192.168.42.2 udp spt:53 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.42.2 tcp dpt:22 ACCEPT tcp -- 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.42.2 tcp dpt:80 ACCEPT all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED > LOG all -- 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 LOG flags 0 level 4 >