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What is Netfilter Packet Flow Overview about?

This document provides an overview of iptables and netfilter in Linux. It discusses how netfilter provides hooks in the kernel networking stack to allow packet filtering and modification. Iptables is the userland tool used to interact with netfilter rules. Packets traverse different chains (PREROUTING, FORWARD, INPUT, OUTPUT, POSTROUTING) where rules can match and target packets. There are three tables (filter, nat, mangle) that contain chains and allow rule definitions. Common targets include ACCEPT, DROP,

Author

Saimir Astrit Hydi

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