wok annotate iptables/description.txt @ rev 24674
updated iptables and iptables-dev (1.8.4 -> 1.8.7)
| author | Hans-G?nter Theisgen |
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| date | Sat Mar 12 07:43:48 2022 +0100 (2022-03-12) |
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| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 1 Iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure |
| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 2 the Linux 2.4.x and later packet filtering ruleset. |
| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 3 It is targeted towards system administrators. |
| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 4 |
| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 5 Since Network Address Translation is also configured from the packet |
| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 6 filter ruleset, iptables is used for this, too. |
| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 7 |
| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 8 The iptables package also includes ip6tables. ip6tables is used for |
| Hans-G?nter@24674 | 9 configuring the IPv6 packet filter. |