glfs/postlfs/security/iptables/iptables-desc.xml

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<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>
<para>The iptables-package contains <userinput>iptables,
ip6tables,</userinput> and some libraries.</para>
</sect2>
<sect2><title>Description</title>
<sect3><title>iptables</title>
<para>is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet
filter rules in the Linux kernel.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>iptables-save, ~-restore</title>
<para>to save and to restore your elabourated set of chains and rules.
Until iptables-1.2.5 they were declared experimental.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3 id="ip6tables" xreflabel="ip6tables"><title>ip6tables</title>
<para>This is the same as iptables but for use with IPv6. As of v1.2.5,
it is not as complete as the standard IPv4 version, especially with
regard to some of the modules.</para>
</sect3>
<sect3><title>libip*.so</title>
<para>These are various modules (implemented as dynamic libraries) which
extend the the core functionality of iptables.</para>
</sect3>
</sect2>