What do the [368:102354], [0:0] and [92952:20764374] in my iptables output file mean?
:INPUT ACCEPT [368:102354]
:FORWARD ACCEPT [0:0]
:OUTPUT ACCEPT [92952:20764374]
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Thomas Dickey
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As per https://serverfault.com/a/373875/145318:
The [0:0] or [1280:144299] or whatever are the count of [Packets:Bytes] that have been trough the chain . They are saved when you run an iptables-save command and are used by the iptables-restore command to initialise the counters.
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You're welcome. Could you mark the answer as correct then. – Simon Hoare Aug 10 '15 at 04:46