wok diff iptables/description.txt @ rev 25691

Up lynis (3.1.1), ncurses-examples (20211021)
author Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org>
date Tue Apr 16 10:43:04 2024 +0000 (7 weeks ago)
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     1.4 +Iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure
     1.5 +the Linux 2.4.x and later packet filtering ruleset.
     1.6 +It is targeted towards system administrators.
     1.7 +
     1.8 +Since Network Address Translation is also configured from the packet
     1.9 +filter ruleset, iptables is used for this, too.
    1.10 +
    1.11 +The iptables package also includes ip6tables. ip6tables is used for
    1.12 +configuring the IPv6 packet filter.