About this document
Understanding Netfilter and Iptables by Sumit Bhilare is a document available to read on EtoBox.
netfilter.org is home to the software that makes up the packet filtering framework in the Linux kernel. This includes iptables, which allows configuration of packet filtering, network address translation, and other packet manipulation. Netfilter provides hooks in the kernel network stack that modules can use to process packets as they pass through. Iptables uses these hooks to implement rulesets defined in tables that classify packets and specify actions using matches and targets.
- Author
- Sumit Bhilare
- Language
- EN