netfilter

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netfilter is a framework within the Linux kernel that provides packet filtering, network address translation (NAT), and other networking-related operations for implementing firewalls and traffic control.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux kernel framework ⓘ
packet filtering framework ⓘ
category Linux networking subsystem ⓘ
firewall software ⓘ
packet filtering software ⓘ
developedInLanguage C ⓘ
developer Linux kernel community ⓘ
Netfilter core team ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
hasComponent arptables ⓘ
ebtables ⓘ
ip6tables ⓘ
linked to: iptables

iptables ⓘ
nftables ⓘ
hasHook FORWARD ⓘ
INPUT ⓘ
OUTPUT ⓘ
POSTROUTING ⓘ
PREROUTING ⓘ
hasInterface iptables userspace utility ⓘ
nft userspace utility ⓘ
introducedInKernelVersion Linux 2.4 series ⓘ
linked to: Linux kernel
license GNU General Public License ⓘ
operatingSystem Linux ⓘ
partOf Linux kernel ⓘ
providesFunction NAT ⓘ
connection tracking ⓘ
mangling of packets ⓘ
network address translation ⓘ
packet filtering ⓘ
stateful packet inspection ⓘ
traffic control support ⓘ
replaced ipchains ⓘ
linked to: iptables

ipfwadm ⓘ
replacedBy nftables ⓘ
supportsExtension conntrack helpers ⓘ
match modules ⓘ
target modules ⓘ
supportsFeature IPv4 ⓘ
IPv6 ⓘ
bridged IPv4 filtering ⓘ
bridged IPv6 filtering ⓘ
usedFor DoS mitigation ⓘ
destination NAT ⓘ
firewall implementation ⓘ
logging network packets ⓘ
masquerading ⓘ
packet filtering rules ⓘ
port forwarding ⓘ
rate limiting ⓘ
source NAT ⓘ
traffic shaping support ⓘ
website https://www.netfilter.org/ ⓘ

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Harald Welte → notableWork → netfilter ⓘ
Harald Welte → developerOf → netfilter ⓘ
netfilter → developer → Netfilter core team ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
iptables → usesFramework → netfilter ⓘ
iptables → configures → Linux kernel NAT subsystem ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
iptables → maintainedBy → netfilter project ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
ip6tables → usesFramework → netfilter ⓘ
subject linked to: iptables
eBPF → relatedTo → netfilter ⓘ
arptables → partOf → netfilter framework ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
arptables → usesFramework → netfilter ⓘ
ebtables → partOf → Linux netfilter framework ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
nftables → partOf → Netfilter project ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
nftables → developedBy → Netfilter core team ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
POSTROUTING → partOf → Netfilter framework ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
ip6tables → basedOn → netfilter framework ⓘ
linked to: netfilter
ip6tables → maintainedBy → Linux netfilter project ⓘ
linked to: netfilter