About:
iptables is built on top of netfilter, the packet alteration framework for Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x. It is a major rewrite of its predecessor ipchains, and is used to control packet filtering, Network Address Translation (masquerading, portforwarding, transparent proxying), and special effects such as packet mangling.

Author:
Harald Welte [contact developer]

Rating:	reset 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
8.79/10.00 (50 votes)

Homepage:
http://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/
Tar/BZ2:
ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/iptables-1.4.0.tar.bz2
Changelog:
http://netfilter.org/[..]ptables/files/changes-iptables-1.4.0.txt
CVS tree (cvsweb):
http://svn.netfilter.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/trunk/iptables/
Bug tracker:
http://bugzilla.netfilter.org/
Mailing list archive:
http://marc.info/?l=netfilter

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		5 - Production/Stable
[Environment]		Console (Text Based)
[Intended Audience]		End Users/Desktop, System Administrators
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Operating System]		POSIX :: Linux
[Programming Language]		C
[Topic]		Internet, Security, System :: Networking, System :: Networking :: Firewalls

Dependencies: [change]
Linux (2.4 branch) (required)
Linux (2.6 branch) (recommended)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.4.0	28-Dec-2007	GNU General Public License (GPL)
Release candidates After code freeze, intended for testing.	1.2.9rc1	08-Oct-2003	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
1.4.0	Major feature enhancements	28-Dec-2007 22:56
1.3.5	Minor bugfixes	01-Feb-2006 07:02
1.3.4	N/A	06-Nov-2005 13:54
1.3.3	Major bugfixes	29-Jul-2005 13:30
1.3.2	Minor bugfixes	10-Jul-2005 08:17
1.3.1	Minor bugfixes	07-Mar-2005 11:05
1.3.0	Minor feature enhancements	16-Feb-2005 06:08
1.2.11	N/A	30-Aug-2004 12:57
1.2.8	Major feature enhancements	30-Apr-2003 02:53
1.2.7a	N/A	14-Oct-2002 09:19

 Articles referencing this project

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 Comments

[»] High performance, featureful, firewall
by Robert Marmorstein - Jun 2nd 2006 08:29:35

IPtables/Netfilter supports all sorts of advanced features, such as NAT, masquerading, packet redirect, and many others. It also has all sorts of useful matches, such as the STRING match and the ipset module. It is one of the very best stateful firewall systems available.

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