Hi, On Ubuntu 20.04, I've docker installed with the default bridge network mode. See the following for more information: werner@X10DAi-01:~$ docker -v Docker version 19.03.12, build 48a66213fe werner@X10DAi-01:~$ ip a s 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000 link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: enp4s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP group default qlen 1000 link/ether 3c:ec:ef:00:f1:28 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.0.3/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global dynamic enp4s0 valid_lft 3688sec preferred_lft 3688sec inet6 fe80::3eec:efff:fe00:f128/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: enp5s0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000 link/ether 3c:ec:ef:00:f1:29 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff 4: docker0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state DOWN group default link/ether 02:42:fd:6f:8c:9b brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 172.17.0.1/16 brd 172.17.255.255 scope global docker0 valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever At the same time, I use systemd-resolvd stub resolver on the host network DNS server as shown following: werner@X10DAi-01:~$ egrep -v '^[[:blank:]]*(#|$)' /etc/resolv.conf nameserver 127.0.0.53 options edns0 werner@X10DAi-01:~$ realpath -e /etc/resolv.conf /run/systemd/resolve/stub-resolv.conf With the following settings, I can use the host network DNS server in the docker container via setting 172.17.0.1 as the DNS server: $ sudo sysctl -w net.ipv4.conf.docker0.route_localnet=1 $ sudo iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -i docker0 -p udp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.53 $ sudo iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -i docker0 -p tcp --dport 53 -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.53 But I want to extend this method to use the host network socks5/http servers in docker container, say, socks5 server on 127.0.0.1:18888 and http server on 127.0.0.1:8080, by setting the following iptables rules: $ sudo iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -i docker0 -p tcp --dport 18888 -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.1 $ sudo iptables -t nat -I PREROUTING -i docker0 -p tcp --dport 8080 -j DNAT --to-destination 127.0.0.1 But, with the above settings, it doesn't get me to use the host socks5/http servers in docker container with the following forms: socks5 proxy server: 172.17.0.1:18888 http proxy server: 172.17.0.1:8080 Any hints for this problem will be highly appreciated. Sincerely, -- Assoc. Prof. Hongyi Zhao <hongyi.zhao@xxxxxxxxx> Theory and Simulation of Materials Hebei Polytechnic Vocational and Technical University NO. 552 North Gangtie Road, Xingtai, China