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author | Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org> |
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date | Sun Sep 04 18:56:05 2022 +0000 (2022-09-04) |
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1.1 --- /dev/null Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 1.2 +++ b/iptables/description.txt Sun Sep 04 18:56:05 2022 +0000 1.3 @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ 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.