IPTables

Description

Iptables is a user-space tool used to define firewall rulesets for packet filtering, network-address and port translation, packet mangling, logging, and more as part of the netfilter project. It has been superseded by nftables, which offers more flexible and scalable packet classification as well as better performance.

Tool Type

• Packet Filter

More Information

• Boolean World offers this In-Depth Guide to iptables
• From TutorialsPoint, you can see an in-depth iptables(8) man page
• Check out PhoenixNAP's Ultimate Guide to Linux Firewall
• Head over to markonisic's GitHub for a downloadable iptables cheat sheet, readable online or via download

Similar Tools

• nftables
• firecall-cmd
• UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall)
• apf
• Firewall Builder (No longer maintained)