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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!-- Inserted as a reminder to do this. The mention of a test suite
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8 | is usually right before the root user installation commands. Please
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9 | delete these 12 (including one blank) lines after you are done.-->
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10 |
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11 | <!-- Use one of the two mentions below about a test suite,
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12 | delete the line that is not applicable. Of course, if the
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13 | test suite uses syntax other than "make check", revise the
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14 | line to reflect the actual syntax to run the test suite -->
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15 |
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16 | <!-- <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para> -->
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17 | <!-- <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para> -->
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18 |
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19 | <!ENTITY iptables-download-http "http://www.iptables.org/files/iptables-&iptables-version;.tar.bz2">
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20 | <!ENTITY iptables-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/iptables-&iptables-version;.tar.bz2">
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21 | <!ENTITY iptables-md5sum "00fb916fa8040ca992a5ace56d905ea5">
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22 | <!ENTITY iptables-size "187 KB">
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23 | <!ENTITY iptables-buildsize "5.0 MB">
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24 | <!ENTITY iptables-time "0.2 SBU">
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25 | ]>
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26 |
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27 | <sect1 id="iptables" xreflabel="iptables-&iptables-version;">
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28 | <?dbhtml filename="iptables.html"?>
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29 |
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30 | <sect1info>
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31 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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32 | <date>$Date$</date>
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33 | </sect1info>
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34 |
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35 | <title>Iptables-&iptables-version;</title>
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36 |
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37 | <indexterm zone="iptables">
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38 | <primary sortas="a-Iptables">Iptables</primary>
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39 | </indexterm>
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40 |
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41 | <sect2 role="package">
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42 | <title>Introduction to Iptables</title>
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43 |
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44 | <para>The next part of this chapter deals with firewalls. The principal
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45 | firewall tool for Linux, as of the 2.4 kernel series, is
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46 | <application>iptables</application>. It replaces
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47 | <application>ipchains</application> from the 2.2 series and
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48 | <application>ipfwadm</application> from the 2.0 series. You will need to
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49 | install <application>iptables</application> if you intend on using any
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50 | form of a firewall.</para>
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51 |
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52 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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53 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&iptables-download-http;"/></para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&iptables-download-ftp;"/></para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &iptables-md5sum;</para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>Download size: &iptables-size;</para>
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65 | </listitem>
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66 | <listitem>
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67 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &iptables-buildsize;</para>
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68 | </listitem>
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69 | <listitem>
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70 | <para>Estimated build time: &iptables-time;</para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | </itemizedlist>
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73 |
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74 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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75 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/iptables"/></para>
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76 |
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77 | </sect2>
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78 |
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79 | <sect2 role="kernel" id='iptables-kernel'>
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80 | <title>Kernel Configuration</title>
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81 |
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82 | <para>A firewall in Linux is accomplished through a portion of the
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83 | kernel called netfilter. The interface to netfilter is
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84 | <application>iptables</application>. To use it, the appropriate
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85 | kernel configuration parameters are found in Networking ⇒
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86 | Networking Options ⇒ Network Packet Filtering ⇒
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87 | Core Netfilter Configuration (and) IP: Netfilter Configuration.</para>
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88 |
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89 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-kernel">
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90 | <primary sortas="d-iptables">Iptables</primary>
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91 | </indexterm>
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92 |
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93 | </sect2>
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94 |
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95 | <sect2 role="installation">
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96 | <title>Installation of Iptables</title>
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97 |
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98 | <note>
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99 | <para>Installation of <application>iptables</application> will fail
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100 | if raw kernel headers are found in <filename
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101 | class='directory'>/usr/src/linux</filename> either as actual files
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102 | or a symlink. As of the Linux 2.6 kernel series, this directory
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103 | should no longer exist because appropriate headers were installed
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104 | from the <application>Linux-Libc-Headers</application> package during
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105 | the base LFS installation.</para>
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106 |
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107 | <para>For some non-x86 architectures, the raw kernel headers may be
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108 | required. In that case, add the environment variable
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109 | <envar>KERNEL_DIR=/usr/src/linux</envar> to the make commands below.</para>
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110 | </note>
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111 |
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112 | <para>Install <application>iptables</application> by running the following
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113 | commands:</para>
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114 |
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115 | <screen><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=/lib BINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen>
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116 |
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117 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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118 |
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119 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=/lib BINDIR=/sbin install</userinput></screen>
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120 |
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121 | </sect2>
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122 |
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123 | <sect2 role="commands">
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124 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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125 |
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126 | <para><parameter>PREFIX=/usr LIBDIR=/lib BINDIR=/sbin</parameter>:
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127 | Compiles and installs <application>iptables</application> libraries
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128 | into <filename class="directory">/lib</filename>, binaries into
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129 | <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename> and the remainder into
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130 | the <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> hierarchy instead of
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131 | <filename class="directory">/usr/local</filename>. Firewalls are
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132 | generally activated during the boot process and
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133 | <filename class="directory">/usr</filename> may not be mounted at
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134 | that time.</para>
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135 |
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136 | </sect2>
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137 |
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138 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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139 | <title>Configuring Iptables</title>
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140 |
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141 | <para>Introductory instructions for configuring your firewall are
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142 | presented in the next section: <xref linkend='fw-firewall'/></para>
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143 |
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144 | <sect3 id="iptables-init">
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145 | <title>Boot Script</title>
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146 |
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147 | <para>To set up the iptables firewall at boot, install the
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148 | <filename>/etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables</filename> init script included
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149 | in the <xref linkend="bootscripts"/> package.</para>
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150 |
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151 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-init">
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152 | <primary sortas="f-iptables">iptables</primary>
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153 | </indexterm>
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154 |
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155 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install-iptables</userinput></screen>
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156 |
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157 | </sect3>
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158 |
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159 | </sect2>
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160 |
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161 | <sect2 role="content">
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162 | <title>Contents</title>
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163 |
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164 | <segmentedlist>
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165 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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166 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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167 | <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>
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168 |
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169 | <seglistitem>
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170 | <seg>iptables, iptables-restore, iptables-save and ip6tables</seg>
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171 | <seg>libip6t_*.so and libipt_*.so</seg>
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172 | <seg>/lib/iptables</seg>
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173 | </seglistitem>
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174 | </segmentedlist>
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175 |
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176 | <variablelist>
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177 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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178 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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179 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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180 |
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181 | <varlistentry id="iptables-prog">
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182 | <term><command>iptables</command></term>
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183 | <listitem>
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184 | <para>is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of
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185 | IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel.</para>
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186 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-prog">
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187 | <primary sortas="b-iptables">iptables</primary>
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188 | </indexterm>
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189 | </listitem>
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190 | </varlistentry>
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191 |
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192 | <varlistentry id="iptables-restore">
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193 | <term><command>iptables-restore</command></term>
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194 | <listitem>
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195 | <para>is used to restore IP Tables from data
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196 | specified on STDIN. Use I/O redirection provided by your
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197 | shell to read from a file.</para>
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198 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-restore">
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199 | <primary sortas="b-iptables-restore">iptables-restore</primary>
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200 | </indexterm>
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201 | </listitem>
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202 | </varlistentry>
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203 |
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204 | <varlistentry id="iptables-save">
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205 | <term><command>iptables-save</command></term>
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206 | <listitem>
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207 | <para>is used to dump the contents of an IP Table
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208 | in easily parseable format to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection
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209 | provided by your shell to write to a file.</para>
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210 | <indexterm zone="iptables iptables-save">
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211 | <primary sortas="b-iptables-save">iptables-save</primary>
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212 | </indexterm>
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213 | </listitem>
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214 | </varlistentry>
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215 |
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216 | <varlistentry id="ip6tables">
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217 | <term><command>ip6tables</command></term>
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218 | <listitem>
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219 | <para>is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of
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220 | IPv6 packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. Several different
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221 | tables may be defined. Each table contains a number of built-in
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222 | chains and may also contain user-defined chains.</para>
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223 | <indexterm zone="iptables ip6tables">
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224 | <primary sortas="b-ip6tables">ip6tables</primary>
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225 | </indexterm>
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226 | </listitem>
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227 | </varlistentry>
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228 |
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229 | <varlistentry id="libip-iptables">
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230 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libip*.so</filename></term>
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231 | <listitem>
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232 | <para>library modules are various modules (implemented as dynamic
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233 | libraries) which extend the core functionality of
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234 | <command>iptables</command>.</para>
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235 | <indexterm zone="iptables libip-iptables">
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236 | <primary sortas="c-libip-iptables">libip*.so</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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241 | </variablelist>
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242 |
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243 | </sect2>
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244 |
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245 | </sect1>
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