* Sorry for dulipcate messages, i don't know that it doesn;'t supports big attachment Hello, I am using SQUID 2.6.STABLE17 with fedora core 8, & BIND DNS SERVER configured on the same box, i have configured squid as transparent proxy, and applied iptables rule by using the following command iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-port 3128 service iptables save so when i restart iptables after appling & saving above i get following: Flushing firewall rules: [ OK ] Setting chains to policy ACCEPT: filter nat [ OK ] Unloading iptables modules: [FAILED] Applying iptables firewall rules: [ OK ] Loading additional iptables modules: nf_conntrack_netbios_n[ OK ] so if i try to ping to (any public ip) from client PC after enabling iptables i get request time out, but i can browse websites without any problem, and if i disable iptables i can get reply from the (public ip) to which i am pinging and browsing also works. also checked DNS resolution it works perfectly as browsing works. so i would like to know what is the reason of stopping ping after enabling iptables and why i am getting Unloading iptables modules FAILED. HERE IS MY /etc/iptables FILE # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.8 on Sat Jan 26 17:51:31 2008 *nat :PREROUTING ACCEPT [5:862] :POSTROUTING ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [0:0] -A PREROUTING -i eth0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j REDIRECT --to-ports 3128 COMMIT # Completed on Sat Jan 26 17:51:31 2008 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.8 on Sat Jan 26 17:51:31 2008 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [0:0] :FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [5:454] :RH-Firewall-1-INPUT - [0:0] -A INPUT -j RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -A FORWARD -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p icmp -m icmp --icmp-type any -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p esp -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p ah -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -d 224.0.0.251 -p udp -m udp --dport 5353 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m udp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 631 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW -m udp --dport 137 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW -m udp --dport 138 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 139 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 445 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p udp -m state --state NEW -m udp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -p tcp -m state --state NEW -m tcp --dport 3128 -j ACCEPT -A RH-Firewall-1-INPUT -j REJECT --reject-with icmp-host-prohibited COMMIT # Completed on Sat Jan 26 17:51:31 2008 THANKS IN ADVANCE -- Regards, Yogesh Patil