you can use iptables-save and iptables-restore if you make complicated policies. On my personal machine, I used to just dump the rules in /etc/init.rc (before I started using iptables-restore in the ...

I have noticed something curious that I could use some help explaining. I decided to add some logging rules to the firewall on one of my web servers and have noticed about 8 or 9 packets per minute ...

Most of us think of iptables strictly as a firewall tool for keeping remote attackers at bay. But did you know it also can be used to keep local users in line? The experimental match extension owner ...

Iptables, more properly referred to as “iptables/netfilter” because of the two modules that are involved — the userspace module “iptables” and the kernel ...