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One can create the rules with the [[iptables]] command and then writes
One can create the rules with the [[iptables]] command and then writes
the configuration to a file with iptables-save(8).  When this file happens to be /etc/sysconfig/iptables and the rc scripts have iptables enabled then this file will be used to enable the rules as you have created them.
the configuration to a file with iptables-save(8).  When this file happens to be /etc/sysconfig/iptables and the [[rc]] scripts have iptables enabled then this file will be used to enable the rules as you have created them.

Latest revision as of 11:06, 29 February 2008

Netfilter is the standard firewall software shipped with Linux.

Applying filters to RHEL 3

One can create the rules with the iptables command and then writes the configuration to a file with iptables-save(8). When this file happens to be /etc/sysconfig/iptables and the rc scripts have iptables enabled then this file will be used to enable the rules as you have created them.