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Linux iptables Pocket Reference

Firewalls, NAT & Accounting

By Gregor Purdy

Publisher: O'Reilly Media

Release Date: June 2009

Pages: 96

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Firewalls, Network Address Translation (NAT), network logging and accounting are all provided by Linux's Netfilter system, also known by the name of the command used to administer it, iptables. The iptables interface is the most sophisticated ever offered on Linux and makes Linux an extremely flexible system for any kind of network filtering you might do. Large sets of filtering rules can be grouped in ways that makes it easy to test them and turn them on and off. Do you watch for all types of ICMP traffic--some of them quite dangerous? Can you take advantage of stateful filtering to simplify the management of TCP connections? Would you like to track how much traffic of various types you get? This pocket reference will help you at those critical moments when someone asks you to open or close a port in a hurry, either to enable some important traffic or to block an attack. The book will keep the subtle syntax straight and help you remember all the values you have to enter in order to be as secure as possible. The book has an introductory section that describes applications,followed by a reference/encyclopaedic section with all the matches and targets arranged alphabetically.

Chapter 1 Linux iptables Pocket Reference
1. Introduction
2. iptables Command Reference
3. Utility Command Reference

Books & Videos

Linux iptables Pocket Reference

Firewalls, NAT & Accounting

Read on Safari with a 10-day trial

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Linux iptables Pocket Reference

Introduction

iptables Command Reference

Utility Command Reference