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1<sect2>
2<title>Contents</title>
3
4<para>The iptables-package contains <userinput>iptables</userinput>,
5<userinput>ip6tables</userinput> and some libraries.</para>
6
7</sect2>
8
9<sect2><title>Description</title>
10
11<sect3><title>iptables</title>
12<para>iptables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet
13filter rules in the Linux kernel.</para>
14</sect3>
15
16<sect3><title>iptables-save, ~-restore</title>
17<para>These are used to save and to restore your elaborated set of chains and rules. Until iptables-1.2.5 they were declared experimental.</para>
18</sect3>
19
20<sect3 id="ip6tables" xreflabel="ip6tables"><title>ip6tables</title>
21<para>This is the same as iptables but for use with IPv6. As of v1.2.5,
22it is not as complete as the standard IPv4 version, especially with
23regard to some of the modules.</para>
24</sect3>
25
26<sect3><title>libip*.so</title>
27<para>These are various modules (implemented as dynamic libraries) which
28extend the core functionality of iptables.</para>
29</sect3>
30
31</sect2>
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