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From: Feizhou <feizhou@linuxmail.org>
Subject: Re: bypassing a prerouting rule
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2004 13:07:58 +0800
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To: Manestro Oliveira <manestro123@hotmail.com>
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Manestro Oliveira wrote:
> Hi,
>      I am a begginer to Linux and I have a PREROUTING rule that makes 
> port redirection on incoming packages. But there is a server that don`t 
> accept that, and works only without that rule. How can I bypass the rule 
> for that server specifically?
> 
>     If iptables works by matching rules and leaving the other ones 
> without checking them, then I should insert a rule before that and the 
> problem is solved. Is this correct?

Yes, first match takes effect.