[libvirt-users] netfilter+libvirt=(smth got broken?)

Hello, I'm having problem setting up filtering traffic for a virtual machine managed by libvirt. Strange thing is, such a setup has been working fine for me on an older version of distro (namely, opensuse 11.3 w/updates, kernel 2.6.34, libvirt 0.8.8) but refused to work on shiny new opensuse 12.4 (kernel 3.7.10, libvirt 1.0.2). The definition of filter in question is pretty simple: <filter name='some-filt' chain='ipv4'> <rule action='accept' direction='in'> <tcp dstportstart='110'/> </rule> <rule action='drop' direction='inout'> <all/> </rule> </filter> So basically it should allow incoming connections to the specified port number and nothing else. After activating this filter on a box in question, connections to 110 started to fail (timeout). Examining iptables rules manually and comparing them to the rules from my old box did not reveal anything suspicious to me. However, through just pure guesswork, I managed to ocasionally "fix" the problem by manually editing 3 relevant rules as follows: --A FI-vnet0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 110 -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED -m conntrack --ctdir ORIGINAL -j RETURN +-A FI-vnet0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 110 -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED -m conntrack --ctdir REPLY -j RETURN --A FO-vnet0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 110 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -m conntrack --ctdir REPLY -j ACCEPT +-A FO-vnet0 -p tcp -m tcp --dport 110 -m conntrack --ctstate NEW,ESTABLISHED -m conntrack --ctdir ORIGINAL -j ACCEPT --A HI-vnet0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 110 -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED -m conntrack --ctdir ORIGINAL -j RETURN +-A HI-vnet0 -p tcp -m tcp --sport 110 -m conntrack --ctstate ESTABLISHED -m conntrack --ctdir REPLY -j RETURN So essentially, just manually swtiching "--ctdir" values to their opposites makes the filter allow connections to port 110. I've also verified that the filter still blocks unwanted connections originating from port 110 from VM exactly as it should: (in VM): netcat -v -v -n -p 110 192.168.122.1 22 (UNKNOWN) [192.168.122.1] 22 (?) : Connection timed out set 0, rcvd 0 I've then compared /proc/net/nf_conntrack on both (old and new) boxes. They look roughly the same, nothing suspicious. This all looks to me as if "--ctdir" argument somehow magically changed its meaning to the opposite, but this just cannot be! I'm out of ideas and looking for insights. Any hints appreciated quite a lot. Thank you. Nikolai