Hello list, I have installed a pdnsd server and trying to force all DNS request through it. I have configure iptables to do the same as below iptables -F iptables -X iptables -Z iptables -t nat -Z 2>/dev/null iptables -t mangle -Z iptables -t nat -F iptables -t mangle -F iptables -P INPUT DROP iptables -P FORWARD DROP iptables -P OUTPUT DROP # Established incoming connections are accepted. iptables -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT # Traffic on the loopback interface is accepted. iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT # Established outgoing connections are accepted. iptables -A OUTPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT # Internal network connections are accepted. iptables -A OUTPUT -d 127.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 -j ACCEPT # Local network connections should be passed but DNS shall be # rejected. iptables -N lan iptables -A lan -p TCP --dport domain -j REJECT iptables -A lan -p UDP --dport domain -j REJECT iptables -A lan -j ACCEPT # Sort out traffic to local network # Note that we exclude the VirtualAddrNetwork used for .onion:s here. iptables -A OUTPUT -d 192.168.0.0/255.255.0.0 -j lan iptables -A OUTPUT -d 10.0.0.0/255.0.0.0 -j lan iptables -A OUTPUT -d 172.16.0.0/255.240.0.0 -j lan iptables -t nat -A OUTPUT -p udp --dport 53 -m state --state NEW -j REDIRECT --to-ports 53 iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT # Everything else is dropped. iptables -t filter -A OUTPUT ! -o lan -j DROP # log incomming connection attempts iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp -m state --state NEW -j LOG --log-prefix "input(tcp) " -m limit --limit 1/minute iptables -A INPUT ! -p tcp -j LOG --log-prefix "input(all) " -m limit --limit 1/minute ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` And when try to ping gmail.com it reports ping: sendmsg: Operation not permitted I don't understand what is causing the issue. Any clue / fix please ? Thanks -- 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