I don't see any evidence of an alias. Further using the -c results in more counters (for each rule by the look of it). Note the last line in each example.
ettin:~# iptables-save |head # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.8 on Sat Feb 25 09:21:36 2012 *filter :INPUT DROP [0:0] :FORWARD DROP [0:0] :OUTPUT DROP [0:0] :Cid4076X18542.0 - [0:0] :Cid4731X25627.0 - [0:0] :Cid4761X25627.0 - [0:0] :Cid4783X25627.0 - [0:0] -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT ettin:~# iptables-save -c |head # Generated by iptables-save v1.4.8 on Sat Feb 25 09:21:39 2012 *filter :INPUT DROP [0:0] :FORWARD DROP [0:0] :OUTPUT DROP [0:0] :Cid4076X18542.0 - [0:0] :Cid4731X25627.0 - [0:0] :Cid4761X25627.0 - [0:0] :Cid4783X25627.0 - [0:0] [906133:483803362] -A INPUT -m state --state RELATED,ESTABLISHED -j ACCEPT -- Neil Watson Linux/UNIX Consultant http://watson-wilson.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Virtualization & Cloud Management Using Capacity Planning Cloud computing makes use of virtualization - but cloud computing also focuses on allowing computing to be delivered as a service. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51521223/ _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list Shorewall-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users