What Is iptables?
Wednesday, August 22nd, 2007
Originally, the most popular firewall/NAT package running on Linux was ipchains, but it had a number of shortcomings. To rectify this, the Netfilter organization decided to create a new product called iptables, giving it such improvements as: Better integration with the Linux kernel with the capability of loading iptables-specific kernel modules designed for improved speed [...]
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