On Fri, February 10, 2006 05:35, aparna misri wrote: > hello, > I am doing a small project in networking.I read > somewhere that I can use iptables to capture network > data.I want to capture IP packets so that I can > compress it and then send it to the receiver.Receiver > decompresses it at its side.Is it possible to do it > with iptables? I'd capture it with tcpdump, ethereal or something like that. These are packet sniffers, iptables is not. I'm not sure if iptables can capture (and log) all packets just like a sniffer can. Gr, Rob
