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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[b4b71892] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[baf47952] | 7 | <!ENTITY iptables-download-http "http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-&iptables-version;.tar.bz2">
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[b4b71892] | 8 | <!ENTITY iptables-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/iptables-&iptables-version;.tar.bz2">
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[b6c5448] | 9 | <!ENTITY iptables-md5sum "40a15608ec57b50e9377cace546dd115">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY iptables-size "492 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY iptables-buildsize "13 MB">
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[bf157fc2] | 12 | <!ENTITY iptables-time "0.2 SBU">
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[b4b71892] | 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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[fd680fb] | 15 | <sect1 id="iptables" xreflabel="iptables-&iptables-version;">
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[71072bbe] | 16 | <?dbhtml filename="iptables.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Iptables-&iptables-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="iptables">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Iptables">Iptables</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Iptables</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The next part of this chapter deals with firewalls. The principal
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[bf157fc2] | 33 | firewall tool for Linux is <application>iptables</application>. You will
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| 34 | need to install <application>iptables</application> if you intend on using
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| 35 | any form of a firewall.</para>
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[71072bbe] | 36 |
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[93236c2] | 37 | &lfs70_checked;
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| 38 |
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[71072bbe] | 39 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 40 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 41 | <listitem>
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| 42 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&iptables-download-http;"/></para>
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| 43 | </listitem>
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&iptables-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 46 | </listitem>
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| 47 | <listitem>
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| 48 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &iptables-md5sum;</para>
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| 49 | </listitem>
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| 50 | <listitem>
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| 51 | <para>Download size: &iptables-size;</para>
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| 52 | </listitem>
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| 53 | <listitem>
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| 54 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &iptables-buildsize;</para>
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| 55 | </listitem>
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| 56 | <listitem>
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| 57 | <para>Estimated build time: &iptables-time;</para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | </itemizedlist>
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[b4b71892] | 60 |
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[3597eb6] | 61 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 62 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/iptables"/></para>
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| 63 |
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[ce6ccc9] | 64 | </sect2>
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[b4b71892] | 65 |
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[71072bbe] | 66 | <sect2 role="kernel" id='iptables-kernel'>
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| 67 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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[b4b71892] | 68 |
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[71072bbe] | 69 | <para>A firewall in Linux is accomplished through a portion of the
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| 70 | kernel called netfilter. The interface to netfilter is
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| 71 | <application>iptables</application>. To use it, the appropriate
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[bf157fc2] | 72 | kernel configuration parameters are found in Networking Support ⇒
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| 73 | Networking Options ⇒ Network Packet Filtering Framework.</para>
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[f8962fe] | 74 |
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[71072bbe] | 75 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-kernel">
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| 76 | <primary sortas="d-iptables">Iptables</primary>
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| 77 | </indexterm>
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[48ecffe8] | 78 |
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[71072bbe] | 79 | </sect2>
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[48ecffe8] | 80 |
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[71072bbe] | 81 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 82 | <title>Installation of Iptables</title>
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[48ecffe8] | 83 |
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[71072bbe] | 84 | <note>
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[ce6ccc9] | 85 | <para>The installation below does not include building some specialized
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| 86 | extension libraries which require the raw headers in the
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| 87 | <application>Linux</application> source code. If you wish to build the
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| 88 | additional extensions (if you aren't sure, then you probably don't), you
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| 89 | can look at the <filename>INSTALL</filename> file to see an example of
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| 90 | how to change the <parameter>KERNEL_DIR=</parameter> parameter to point
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| 91 | at the <application>Linux</application> source code. Note that if you
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| 92 | upgrade the kernel version, you may also need to recompile
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[cf0c010] | 93 | <application>iptables</application> and that the BLFS team has not tested
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| 94 | using the raw kernel headers.</para>
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[ce6ccc9] | 95 |
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[71072bbe] | 96 | <para>For some non-x86 architectures, the raw kernel headers may be
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[ce6ccc9] | 97 | required. In that case, modify the <parameter>KERNEL_DIR=</parameter>
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| 98 | parameter to point at the <application>Linux</application> source
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| 99 | code.</para>
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[71072bbe] | 100 | </note>
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| 101 |
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| 102 | <para>Install <application>iptables</application> by running the following
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| 103 | commands:</para>
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| 104 |
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[b6c5448] | 105 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[8bc57f68] | 106 | --exec-prefix= \
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[d40737d] | 107 | --bindir=/sbin \
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[8bc57f68] | 108 | --with-xtlibdir=/lib/xtables \
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[d40737d] | 109 | --with-pkgconfigdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig &&
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[bf157fc2] | 110 | make</userinput></screen>
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[ce6ccc9] | 111 |
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| 112 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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[71072bbe] | 113 |
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| 114 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 115 |
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[93236c2] | 116 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 117 | ln -sfv xtables-multi /sbin/iptables-xml</userinput></screen>
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[71072bbe] | 118 |
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| 119 | </sect2>
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[d40737d] | 120 |
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[71072bbe] | 121 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 122 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 123 |
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[8bc57f68] | 124 | <para><parameter>--exec-prefix=</parameter>: Ensure all binaries and
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| 125 | libraries end up in <filename class="directory">/</filename> directory
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| 126 | tree.</para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para><parameter>--bindir=/sbin</parameter>: Ensure all the executables go
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[d40737d] | 129 | in <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>.</para>
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| 130 |
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[8bc57f68] | 131 | <para><parameter>--with-xtlibdir=/lib/xtables</parameter>: Ensure all
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| 132 | iptables modules are installed in the
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| 133 | <filename class="directory">/lib/xtables</filename> directory.</para>
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[d40737d] | 134 |
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[a41f643] | 135 | <para><parameter>--with-pkgconfigdir=/usr/lib/pkgconfig</parameter>:
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[d40737d] | 136 | Ensure all the pkgconfig files are in the standard location.</para>
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[ce6ccc9] | 137 |
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[93236c2] | 138 | <para><command>ln -sfv xtables-multi /sbin/iptables-xml</command>: Ensure
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| 139 | the symbolic link for <command>iptables-xml</command> is relative.</para>
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| 140 |
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[71072bbe] | 141 | </sect2>
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[d40737d] | 142 |
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[71072bbe] | 143 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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| 144 | <title>Configuring Iptables</title>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | <para>Introductory instructions for configuring your firewall are
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[43b1987f] | 147 | presented in the next section: <xref linkend="fw-firewall"/></para>
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[71072bbe] | 148 |
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| 149 | <sect3 id="iptables-init">
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| 150 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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| 151 |
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| 152 | <para>To set up the iptables firewall at boot, install the
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| 153 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables</filename> init script included
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[5254d12] | 154 | in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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[71072bbe] | 155 |
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| 156 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-init">
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| 157 | <primary sortas="f-iptables">iptables</primary>
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| 158 | </indexterm>
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| 159 |
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| 160 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-iptables</userinput></screen>
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| 161 |
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| 162 | </sect3>
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| 163 |
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| 164 | </sect2>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 167 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <segmentedlist>
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| 170 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 171 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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[bf157fc2] | 172 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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[71072bbe] | 173 |
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| 174 | <seglistitem>
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[8bc57f68] | 175 | <seg>iptables, iptables-restore, iptables-save, iptables-xml,
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| 176 | ip6tables, ip6tables-restore, ip6tables-save,
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| 177 | and xtables-multi</seg>
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[bf157fc2] | 178 | <seg>libip4tc.so, libip6tc.so, libiptc.so, libxtables.so,
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[8bc57f68] | 179 | and numerous modules in /lib/xtables</seg>
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| 180 | <seg>/lib/xtables, /usr/include/libiptc and /usr/share/xtables</seg>
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[71072bbe] | 181 | </seglistitem>
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| 182 | </segmentedlist>
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| 183 |
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| 184 | <variablelist>
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| 185 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 186 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 187 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 188 |
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| 189 | <varlistentry id="iptables-prog">
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| 190 | <term><command>iptables</command></term>
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| 191 | <listitem>
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| 192 | <para>is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of
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[a41f643] | 193 | IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. It is a
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[8bc57f68] | 194 | symbolic link to xtables-multi.</para>
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[71072bbe] | 195 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-prog">
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| 196 | <primary sortas="b-iptables">iptables</primary>
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| 197 | </indexterm>
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| 198 | </listitem>
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| 199 | </varlistentry>
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| 200 |
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| 201 | <varlistentry id="iptables-restore">
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| 202 | <term><command>iptables-restore</command></term>
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| 203 | <listitem>
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| 204 | <para>is used to restore IP Tables from data
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| 205 | specified on STDIN. Use I/O redirection provided by your
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[a41f643] | 206 | shell to read from a file. It is a symbolic link to
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[8bc57f68] | 207 | xtables-multi.</para>
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[71072bbe] | 208 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-restore">
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| 209 | <primary sortas="b-iptables-restore">iptables-restore</primary>
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| 210 | </indexterm>
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| 211 | </listitem>
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| 212 | </varlistentry>
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| 213 |
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| 214 | <varlistentry id="iptables-save">
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| 215 | <term><command>iptables-save</command></term>
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| 216 | <listitem>
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| 217 | <para>is used to dump the contents of an IP Table
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| 218 | in easily parseable format to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection
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[bf157fc2] | 219 | provided by your shell to write to a file. It is a symbolic link to
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[8bc57f68] | 220 | xtables-multi.</para>
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[71072bbe] | 221 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-save">
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| 222 | <primary sortas="b-iptables-save">iptables-save</primary>
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| 223 | </indexterm>
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| 224 | </listitem>
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| 225 | </varlistentry>
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| 226 |
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[6a97e97] | 227 | <varlistentry id="iptables-xml">
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| 228 | <term><command>iptables-xml</command></term>
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| 229 | <listitem>
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| 230 | <para>is used to convert the output of
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| 231 | <command>iptables-save</command> to an XML format. Using the
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| 232 | <filename>iptables.xslt</filename> stylesheet converts the XML
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[bf157fc2] | 233 | back to the format of <command>iptables-restore</command>.
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[8bc57f68] | 234 | It is a symbolic link to xtables-multi.</para>
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[6a97e97] | 235 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-xml">
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| 236 | <primary sortas="b-iptables-xml">iptables-xml</primary>
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| 237 | </indexterm>
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| 238 | </listitem>
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| 239 | </varlistentry>
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| 240 |
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[71072bbe] | 241 | <varlistentry id="ip6tables">
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[bf157fc2] | 242 | <term><command>ip6tables*</command></term>
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[71072bbe] | 243 | <listitem>
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[bf157fc2] | 244 | <para>are a set of commands for IPV6 that parallel the iptables
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[a41f643] | 245 | commands above. All of these commands are symbolic
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[8bc57f68] | 246 | links to xtables-multi.</para>
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[71072bbe] | 247 | <indexterm zone="iptables ip6tables">
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-ip6tables">ip6tables</primary>
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| 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | </variablelist>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | </sect2>
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[b4b71892] | 256 |
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[f45b1953] | 257 | </sect1>
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