06-09-2009
Netfilter is the kernel framework for, you guessed it, network filtering.
iptables is the user-space program using the netfilter hooks.
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1. Programming
Hi everybody,
I have to write a module for matching in netfilter , extending the netfilter but I'm facing some problems can somebody guide me in that. I know that I need to write matching module working in kernel space and a program in userspace. I went through the HOWTO on netfilter-hacking but... (0 Replies)
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2. Programming
Friends I'm facing a big problem trying to extend the netfilter. Somone please help me with your quick reply (any hint) as I've to meet a deadline.
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3. Programming
Hello friends i'm trying to extend iptables to include a target by which we can change the packet type field of a packet.
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4. IP Networking
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i'm using tcpreplay to send a traffic trace to my wireless interface (the trace is been captured by the same interface). It seems as netfilter can't trace connections. Is it possible? (0 Replies)
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5. Cybersecurity
Hi everyone, I would like to allow multi users to access P2P networks, so I wonder if there's a way to tracking these kind of protocols with netfilter, and also compatibility with nat, like the module conntrack_ftp seems to do with the FTP protocol.
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6. UNIX for Advanced & Expert Users
iam trying to built a firewall.so i have used netfilter for it.
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(using print_string iam printing strings on current terminal (terminal we ping))
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Hello,
Everyone knows that with PF_PACKET sockets one can "sniff" a determinated frame from the network device, but just that, see the frame without altering its action on the receiving host. What i want is to "intercept" the incoming frame and pass it through some rules, and if it doesn't pass... (9 Replies)
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Hello,
on a PC with Debian 8 I try to use a Bash script with Netfilter rules so that only traffic goes in and out that is wanted. For that I set all 3 default policies to "drop". The machine uses DHCP to get its IP, gateway and DNS. And I never checked so I was quite surprised that my... (1 Reply)
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iptables-save
IPTABLES-SAVE(8) iptables 1.6.1 IPTABLES-SAVE(8)
NAME
iptables-save -- dump iptables rules to stdout
ip6tables-save -- dump iptables rules to stdout
SYNOPSIS
iptables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table]
ip6tables-save [-M modprobe] [-c] [-t table]
DESCRIPTION
iptables-save and ip6tables-save are used to dump the contents of IP or IPv6 Table in easily parseable format to STDOUT. Use I/O-redirect-
ion provided by your shell to write to a file.
-M, --modprobe modprobe_program
Specify the path to the modprobe program. By default, iptables-save will inspect /proc/sys/kernel/modprobe to determine the exe-
cutable's path.
-c, --counters
include the current values of all packet and byte counters in the output
-t, --table tablename
restrict output to only one table. If not specified, output includes all available tables.
BUGS
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
AUTHORS
Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org>
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Andras Kis-Szabo <kisza@sch.bme.hu> contributed ip6tables-save.
SEE ALSO
iptables-apply(8),iptables-restore(8), iptables(8)
The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO, which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the
internals.
iptables 1.6.1 IPTABLES-SAVE(8)