Are you receiving any errors when iptables loads your rules? When I changed to 2.4.18 a few commands no longer worked. Like MIRROR. Just a thought.
Brian > > the problem is that sometimes (randomly) I receive "Connection Reset by > Peer" hitting most famous site... (just as cisco.com microsoft.com > kernel.org etc. etc.) > > Here the rules > > ${IPTABLES} -A POSTROUTING -t nat -s $laptop -d 0/0 -o eth0 -j MASQUERADE > > after that i give in INPUT chain this rules: > ${IPTABLES} -N STEALTH > ${IPTABLES} -A STEALTH -j DROP > ${IPTABLES} -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,SYN FIN,SYN -j STEALTH > ${IPTABLES} -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags FIN,PSH,URG FIN,PSH,URG -j > STEALTH > ${IPTABLES} -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST,ACK NONE -j STEALTH > ${IPTABLES} -A INPUT -p icmp --icmp-type ! redirect -j DROP > ${IPTABLES} -A INPUT -p igmp -j DROP > ${IPTABLES} -A OUTPUT -p icmp --icmp-type destination-unreachable -j DROP > > > can this rules broke http connection ? (I don't think so) > Can be a 2.4.18 problem ? > when I was using 2.4.17 no problem.... > What potential reason can be that gives me "connection reset by peer" ?