Die Optimisten a écrit : > > Do I get a loop if I > iptables -t nat -D PREROUTING -p tcp -d 0.0.0.0:443 -j DNAT > --to-destination 127.0.0.1:443 No. By the way, this rule may not have the intended effect. Packets received from the outside will be seen with a loopback destination address and discarded by the routing decision. Packets sent over loopback skip the nat PREROUTING chain. > Can I generally generate (kernel-hanging) loops with -nat , or is this > recognized/inhibited ? Not directly in the kernel, because, as I wrote above, packets sent over loopback skip the nat PREROUTING chain. -- 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