What significance do the numbers between the brackets have? print ":INPUT ACCEPT [6180932:1244590784]\n"; print ":OUTPUT ACCEPT [6574901:1313953477]\n"; I got those from executing a iptables-save so I can see what format I needed to match in generating my own save file from our IP DB. Thanks! Joey -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html