On Saturday 2005-September-10 13:08, Deepak Seshadri wrote: > Here is a snippet from my script: Perhaps it's a minor and insignificant detail, but the terminology is wrong; these are iptables-save(8) rules, not a script. > *mangle > -A POSTROUTING -o eth0 -s 10.0.2.0/24 -j router > -A router -j CLASSIFY --set-class 1:21 > -A router -p tcp --dport 80 -m layer7 --l7proto exe -j CLASSIFY > --set-class 1:23 > -A router -j ACCEPT > > As you see above: > - All packets from 10.0.2.x will jump to the chain "router" > - Here it gets classified to TC's class 1:21 And at that point they are finished in the mangle table POSTROUTING chain, and out they go. > - But if the packet matches the layer-7 policy "exe", it will get > classified to TC's class 1:23 Unless matched by the first rule, which all traffic does match. > the class 1:21. Could someone please help me here? Always assume that any target is a terminating one, unless documented otherwise. Reverse the order of the first and second rules, and you will get what you want. -- mail to this address is discarded unless "/dev/rob0" or "not-spam" is in Subject: header