00000000000 }; Then, you can use one of this accounting objects in several iptables rules using the new nfacct match (which comes in a follow-up patch): # iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --sport 80 -m nfacct --nfacct-name http-traffic # iptables -I OUTPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m nfacct --nfacct-name http-traffic The idea is simple: if one packet matches the rule, the nfacct match updates the counters. Thanks to Patrick McHardy, Eric Dumazet, Changli Gao for reviewing and providing feedback for this contribution. Signed-off-by: Pablo Neira Ayuso