Hi Dennis, > What is the best way to parse this information in a reliable way? Maybe you could try dumping the table in XML as mentioned by the manpage? conntrack -L -o xml Dump the connection tracking table in XML Best Regards Karsten -- 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