http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ iptables <p>iptables is built on top of <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/netfilter">netfilter</a>, the packet alteration framework for <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/Linux">Linux</a> 2.4.x and 2.6.x.</p> <p>iptables is the tool with which rules for packet shaping are set within netfilter. Iptables and netfilter are part of the same project, and as a front end, iptables is often used to refer to the entire project.</p> <p>netfilter and iptables have become such an established project that the tools are a staple of <a class="wikilink" href="http://swik.net/linux-distribution">linux distribution</a>s.</p> <h2>Running iptables</h2> <p>As iptables interacts with the netfilter service, it must be run with root privileges, and as such it is typically kept in /sbin/iptables.</p> <h3>External Links</h3> <ul> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html">IPtables 1.1.9 Tutorial</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" href="http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Iptables_for_newbies">IPtables for newbies</a></li> </ul> iptables is built on top of netfilter, the packet alteration framework for Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x. iptables is the tool with which rules for packet shaping are set within netfilter. Iptables and netfilter are part of the same project, and as a front end, iptables is often used to refer to the entire project. netfilter and iptables have become such an established project that the tools are a staple of linux distributions. Running iptables As iptables interacts with the netfilter servic http://swik.net/iptables http://www.netfilter.org/ iptables firewall net License:GPL Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:13:03 -0700 Thu, 22 Jun 2006 11:06:00 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/Official+IPP2P+homepage/cczp2 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:26 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/netfilter%2Fiptables+project+homepage+-+The+netfilter.org+project/cczpy Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:26 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/Kernel+Packet+Traveling+Diagram/cczpx Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:26 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/netfilter%2Fiptables+project+homepage/cczpv Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:25 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/nf-packet-flow/cczpt Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:25 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/netfilter%2Fiptables+project+homepage+-+The+netfilter.org+project/cczps Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:25 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/Netfilter+e+%27IP+Tables%27+%28N%C3%BAcleos+2.4%29/cczpq Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:01:25 -0700 http://swik.net/Samba/del.icio.us+tag%2Fsamba/Quick+HOWTO+%3A+Ch12+%3A+Samba+Security+and+Troubleshooting+-+Linux+Home+Networking/ccx4l Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:02:03 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/Le+weblog+enti%C3%A8rement+nu+%22+Netfilter-based+port-knocking/ccwyv The bulk of the work therefore stays in the kernel&#039;s netfilter (that&#039;s for robustness and no user-land dependency), but the control interface is integrated with the usual firewalling script. Tue, 19 Aug 2008 11:26:19 -0700 http://swik.net/SIP/del.icio.us+tag%2FSIP/HowTo+configure+iptables+-+SIPfoundry+sipx%2C+The+Open+Source+SIP+PBX+for+Linux+-+Calivia/cct3s Set IPtables filter rules Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:06:21 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/netfilter%2Fiptables+project+homepage+-+Documentation+about+the+netfilter%2Fiptables+project/ccqnv Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:05:22 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/Iptables+Tutorial+1.2.2/ccpy6 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:05:29 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/nf-HiPAC%3A+High+Performance+Firewall+for+Linux+Netfilter/ccpy5 Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:05:28 -0700 http://swik.net/Xen/http%3A%2F%2Fdel.icio.us%2Frss%2Ftag%2Fxen/Setup+Xen+within+20+minutes+on+Debian%2Fgrml/ccpoj Sun, 17 Aug 2008 02:05:46 -0700 http://swik.net/SIP/del.icio.us+tag%2FSIP/sipscreen/cckxa Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:05:30 -0700 http://swik.net/opensource/del.icio.us+tag%2Fopensource/Set+up+your+firewall+with+Firewall+Builder/cckwe Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:05:20 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/IPTABLES+manual+practico%2C+tutorial+de+iptables+con+ejemplos/cch17 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:05:14 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/ejemplo+de+un+firewall+iptables+b%C3%A1sico/cch16 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:05:14 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/reglas+de+iptables+para+squid/cch15 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:05:14 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/Cortafuegos+b%C3%A1sicos/cch14 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:05:13 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/netfilter%2Fiptables+project+homepage+-+The+netfilter.org+project/cch13 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:05:13 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/Quick+Intro+to+libipq/cchem Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:05:15 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/packet_flow9.png+%28PNG+Image%2C+726x1443+pixels%29/ccd9h Wed, 13 Aug 2008 10:04:58 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/IPtables%3A+Connection+tracking/cb772 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:05:24 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/X-Tables/cb65m Nouveau système patch-o-matic permettant d&#039;ajouter des extensions à IPTables sans recompiler le Kernel Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:04:54 -0700 http://swik.net/SIP/del.icio.us+tag%2FSIP/Linux.com+%3A%3A+Using+siproxd+to+allow+VoIP+through+a+firewall/cb40k Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:08:45 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/netfilter%2Fiptables+project+homepage+-+Documentation+about+the+netfilter%2Fiptables+project/cb3sz Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:05:46 -0700 http://swik.net/Samba/del.icio.us+tag%2Fsamba/Quick+HOWTO+%3A+Ch12+%3A+Samba+Security+and+Troubleshooting+-+Linux+Home+Networking/cbvk9 Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:07:53 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/IP+related+stuff/cbtzd IP Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:07:43 -0700 http://swik.net/netfilter/del.icio.us%2Ftag%2Fnetfilter/Netfilter%2Fiptables+-+Wikipedia%2C+la+enciclopedia+libre/cbtzc Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:07:43 -0700