| PackageDescription | administration tools for packet filtering and NAT
netfilter and iptables provide a Linux kernel framework for
stateful and stateless packet filtering, network and port address
translation, and other IP packet manipulation. The framework is
the successor to ipchains.
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netfilter and iptables are used in applications such as Internet
connection sharing, firewalls, IP accounting, transparent proxying,
advanced routing and traffic control.
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Please note: the iptables extensions included in this package
require kernel support that might not be available in official Linux
kernel sources or Debian's packaged Linux kernel sources. And if
support for any extension is available for the specific Linux kernel
source version, that support might not be enabled in the Linux kernel
binary in use.
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In particular, kernel patches for IPV4OPTSSTRIP, ROUTE, TARPIT,
ipv4options, u32 and set are currently located in patch-o-matic-ng
via the netfilter website. patch-o-matic-ng patches are often
imported into the official Linux kernel source tree.
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netfilter web site: http://www.netfilter.org/ |