--- Sietse van Zanen <sietse@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere > >> This converts your DROP policy to an ACCEPT, > doesn't seem wise. > > >Remember that iptables -L hides some rule > parameters such as interfaces. > >I would not be surprised that this rule actually > contains "-i eth1". > >I strongly suggest John and anyone lists iptables > rules with> > >iptables-save instead of iptables -L. > > Or iptables -L -n -v would do fine too, I think. > > > Hi Thanks for the reply in my gateway ?iptables -L -n -v ? . results are ************************** [root@gateway ~]# iptables -L -n -v Chain INPUT (policy ACCEPT 256K packets, 29M bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination Chain FORWARD (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination 8 472 ACCEPT all -- eth0 eth1 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 state RELATED,ESTABLISHED 17 840 ACCEPT all -- eth1 eth0 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 3 180 LOG all -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 0.0.0.0/0 LOG flags 0 level 4 3 180 ACCEPT tcp -- eth0 * 0.0.0.0/0 192.168.242.129 tcp dpt:8110 Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 2885 packets, 430K bytes) pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination ******************************* I am posting , some part of the previous mail , for continuity I have a gateway (CentOS) with eth0 and eth1 as interfaces. ?eth0? is exposed to WAN and ?eth1? to the LAN network , I want all POP3 packets coming in through the gateway wan interface (eth0) to be redirected to the PS1(192.168.242.129 inside the lan) port 8110 . I had done some iptables settings as iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp ?dport pop3 -j DNAT ?to 192.168.242.129:8110 iptables -A FORWARD -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 8110 -d 192.168.242.129 -j ACCEPT In this setup POP3 packets were not redirected to PS1 (192.168.242.129) Thanks Joseph John ___________________________________________________________ Try the all-new Yahoo! Mail. "The New Version is radically easier to use" ? The Wall Street Journal http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html