Iptables

Download Source:	http://iptables.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.20.tar.bz2
Download Source:	ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/iptables-1.4.20.tar.bz2

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Introduction to Iptables

iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x IPv4 packet filtering ruleset. It is targeted towards system administrators.

Project Homepage: http://iptables.org/projects/iptables/

Non-Multilib

Compile the package:

./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/lib/iptables \
    --bindir=/sbin --sbindir=/sbin && 
make

Install the package

make install

Multilib

This package does not provide any libraries so only one installation is needed.

32Bit

Not Supported under a 64bit Kernel.

N32

Not Supported under a 64bit Kernel.

64Bit

Compile the package:

CC="gcc ${BUILD64}" ./configure --prefix=/usr \
    --libexecdir=/lib64/iptables --bindir=/sbin \
    --sbindir=/sbin && 
make

Install the package

make install

Contents

Installed Programs: iptables, iptables-restore, iptables-save, ip6tables

Installed Libraries: libip6t_*.so, libipt_*.so

Installed Directory: /lib/iptables

Short Descriptions

iptables: is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel.

iptables-restore: is used to restore IP Tables from data specified on STDIN. Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file.

iptables-save: is used to dump the contents of an IP Table in easily parseable format to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirection provided by your shell to write to a file.

ip6tables: is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IPv6 packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. Several different tables may be defined. Each table contains a number of built-in chains and may also contain user-defined chains.

libip*.so: library modules are various modules (implemented as dynamic libraries) which extend the core functionality of iptables.

Boot Script

To set up the iptables firewall at boot, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables init script included in the bootscripts package.

make install-iptables

Misc

Some scripts helpful can be found at http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/postlfs/firewall.html