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<tt>iptables</tt> is a Linux command line tool used to query and manipulate network packet filtering facilities present in the Linux kernel, specifically the packet filtering rules. Network packet filtering in the kernel is implemented by the netfilter framework.  
<tt>iptables</tt> is a Linux command line tool used to query and manipulate the network packet filtering rules maintained by the Linux kernel. Network packet filtering in the kernel is implemented by the netfilter framework. The term "iptables" is also used to refer to the iptables service, which is a systemd service that uses the iptables tool to configure the packet filtering rules at boot. The relationships between these concepts is explained in [[iptables Concepts#netfilter.2C_iptables_tool.2C_iptables_service_and_firewalld]].


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Revision as of 17:33, 5 January 2016

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Overview

iptables is a Linux command line tool used to query and manipulate the network packet filtering rules maintained by the Linux kernel. Network packet filtering in the kernel is implemented by the netfilter framework. The term "iptables" is also used to refer to the iptables service, which is a systemd service that uses the iptables tool to configure the packet filtering rules at boot. The relationships between these concepts is explained in iptables Concepts#netfilter.2C_iptables_tool.2C_iptables_service_and_firewalld.

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