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iptables LOG and DROP in one rule

I am trying to log outgoing connections with iptables. What I want is, drop and accept connection while logging them also. I have found that -j option takes DROP/REJECT/ACCEPT/LOG. But I want to do something like DROP and LOG or ACCEPT and LOG. Is there a way to achieve this ?

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Answer

Example:

iptables -A INPUT -j LOG --log-prefix "INPUT:DROP:" --log-level 6
iptables -A INPUT -j DROP

Log Exampe:

Feb 19 14:18:06 servername kernel: INPUT:DROP:IN=eth1 OUT= MAC=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff:11:22:33:44:55:66:77:88 SRC=x.x.x.x DST=x.x.x.x LEN=48 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=117 ID=x PROTO=TCP SPT=x DPT=x WINDOW=x RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0

Other options:

   LOG
       Turn on kernel logging of matching packets.  When this option 
       is set for a rule, the Linux kernel will print some 
       information  on  all  matching  packets
       (like most IP header fields) via the kernel log (where it can 
       be read with dmesg or syslogd(8)).  This is a "non-terminating 
       target", i.e. rule traversal
       continues at the next rule.  So if you want to LOG the packets 
       you refuse, use two separate rules with the same matching 
       criteria, first using target LOG
       then DROP (or REJECT).

       --log-level level
              Level of logging (numeric or see syslog.conf(5)).

       --log-prefix prefix
              Prefix log messages with the specified prefix; up to 29 
              letters long, and useful for distinguishing messages in 
              the logs.

       --log-tcp-sequence
              Log TCP sequence numbers. This is a security risk if the 
              log is readable by users.

       --log-tcp-options
              Log options from the TCP packet header.

       --log-ip-options
              Log options from the IP packet header.

       --log-uid
              Log the userid of the process which generated the packet.
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