Hi again Brent , That was VERY short ... However it seems like your ONE rule is already there , maybe it could be the reason for the message . Could you try the following , in same order : /sbin/iptables --line-numbers -nvL INPUT /sbin/iptables -D INPUT 1 /sbin/iptables --line-numbers -nvL INPUT /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 13 -j DROP /sbin/iptables --line-numbers -nvL INPUT Best regards André Paulsberg-Csibi Senior Network Engineer IBM Services AS Sensitivity: Internal -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> På vegne av Brent Clark Sendt: mandag 2. juli 2018 12.09 Til: netfilter <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Emne: Re: SV: --comment gives me iptables: No chain/target/match by that name. Good day André Thanks for replying. Please see below. # /sbin/iptables-save # Generated by iptables-save v1.6.1 on Mon Jul 2 12:03:31 2018 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [9:636] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [5:800] -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 13 -j DROP COMMIT # Completed on Mon Jul 2 12:03:31 2018 Regards Brent On 02/07/2018 11:47, André Paulsberg-Csibi (IBM Consultant) wrote: > The error message seems to tell you have no chain defined under the > name INPUT , would it be possible to get a dump from iptables using "/sbin/iptables-save" > > > Best regards > André Paulsberg-Csibi > Senior Network Engineer > IBM Services AS > > > Sensitivity: Internal > > -----Opprinnelig melding----- > Fra: netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <netfilter-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > På vegne av Brent Clark > Sendt: mandag 2. juli 2018 11.42 > Til: netfilter <netfilter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Emne: --comment gives me iptables: No chain/target/match by that name. > > Good day Guys > > Im sitting with a very weird problem, and Im hoping someone could be of assistance. > > If I add comments to the end of my rules, I get 'iptables: No chain/target/match by that name.' > > If I remove the comment(s), all is well. > > Im running Debian Stretch (I too upgraded to iptables from backports). > > > # /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 13 -j DROP -m comment --comment '900 drop ICMP timestamp requests' > iptables: No chain/target/match by that name. > > # /sbin/iptables -A INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type 13 -j DROP # > > # iptables -n -L -v | grep DROP > 0 0 DROP icmp -- * * 0.0.0.0/0 > 0.0.0.0/0 icmptype 13 > > I have googled and double checked the documentation, and from what I can see, Im not doing anything wrong. > > If anyone can assist, it would greatly be appreciated. > > Kind Regards > > Brent Clark > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" > in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo > info at > https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvger > .kernel.org%2Fmajordomo-info.html&data=02%7C01%7CAndre.Paulsberg-Csibi > %40evry.com%7C092775f1472847d3beec08d5e0001673%7C40cc2915e2834a2794716 > bdd7ca4c6e1%7C1%7C0%7C636661213333921085&sdata=5S5kFDMxYSpNVb8p4hVMHNJ > LqDDvKLKPd5%2FULLVNFrI%3D&reserved=0 > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at https://emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fvger.kernel.org%2Fmajordomo-info.html&data=02%7C01%7CAndre.Paulsberg-Csibi%40evry.com%7Cd08aa60b662e43b78e4308d5e003d31e%7C40cc2915e2834a2794716bdd7ca4c6e1%7C1%7C0%7C636661229385720529&sdata=VPuKHl%2BuJ443grV3cdWcKJbKvJFCaCW5nRNSSgS2Sik%3D&reserved=0 ��.n��������+%������w��{.n����z���)��jg��������ݢj����G�������j:+v���w�m������w�������h�����٥