> So, that's a BUG. > Why iptbles let me add a chain with 30 characters, if I can't use this chain? > > [root@ward] [10:07:54] > [~]#iptables -t nat -N 123456789012345678901234567890 > > [root@ward] [10:08:05] > [~]#iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j 123456789012345678901234567890 > iptables: No chain/target/match by that name Try iptables -t nat -N 123456789012345678901234567890 iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -j 1234567890123456789012345678 (Maybe add a '9' to the last.) If that's the case, then this is not really a bug, but some code silently truncates the -N request. Jan Engelhardt -- | Alphagate Systems, http://alphagate.hopto.org/