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...shorewall.net/User_defined_Actions.html#id2495779 which I tried but it didn''t work (in the sense the rules didn''t seem to take effect. FWIW, this is what they look like, with just one rule for testing: # cat actions recent # cat action.recent # This file is empty # cat recent run_ptables -A INPUT -d 1.2.3.4 -m recent --name RECENTEST --set -j ACCEPT I know it''s a meaningless rule but I just want to see it come up if I then do: iptables -v -L -n | grep -i recent But nothing comes up. What am I missing...? Or *completely* misunderstanding :-( Thanks, Sitaram --...