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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: iptables - do I need the nat table?
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Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> writes:

> I'm a bit clueless when it comes to firewalls, and have no idea what
> these numbers mean/do:
>
> *raw
> :PREROUTING ACCEPT [4911:886011]
> :OUTPUT ACCEPT [4546:2818732]
> COMMIT

The numbers are [packets:bytes] which match the rule or table
concerned.