ip6tables
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ip6tables is the IPv6-capable counterpart to iptables, used to configure and manage packet filtering and firewall rules for IPv6 traffic on Linux systems.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ip6tables canonical | 2 |
| ip6tables-restore | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10826962 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ip6tables Context triple: [iptables, hasComponent, ip6tables]
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A.
iptables
iptables is a widely used Linux userspace utility for configuring the kernel’s packet filtering and network address translation (NAT) firewall rules.
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B.
nftables
nftables is a Linux kernel framework and user-space utility for packet filtering, network address translation (NAT), and firewall configuration, designed as the modern replacement for iptables within the Netfilter project.
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C.
IPFW firewall
IPFW firewall is a stateful packet filtering and traffic shaping firewall system used in FreeBSD for controlling and securing network traffic.
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D.
netfilter
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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E.
ebtables
ebtables is a Linux firewall utility used to filter and manipulate Ethernet frames at the data link layer, complementing iptables within the netfilter framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ip6tables Target entity description: ip6tables is the IPv6-capable counterpart to iptables, used to configure and manage packet filtering and firewall rules for IPv6 traffic on Linux systems.
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A.
iptables
iptables is a widely used Linux userspace utility for configuring the kernel’s packet filtering and network address translation (NAT) firewall rules.
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B.
nftables
nftables is a Linux kernel framework and user-space utility for packet filtering, network address translation (NAT), and firewall configuration, designed as the modern replacement for iptables within the Netfilter project.
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C.
IPFW firewall
IPFW firewall is a stateful packet filtering and traffic shaping firewall system used in FreeBSD for controlling and securing network traffic.
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D.
netfilter
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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E.
ebtables
ebtables is a Linux firewall utility used to filter and manipulate Ethernet frames at the data link layer, complementing iptables within the netfilter framework.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Linux networking command
ⓘ
firewall management tool ⓘ packet filter configuration utility ⓘ |
| basedOn |
netfilter framework
ⓘ
linked to:
netfilter
|
| chainType |
FORWARD
ⓘ
INPUT ⓘ OUTPUT ⓘ POSTROUTING ⓘ PREROUTING ⓘ |
| commandName | ip6tables ⓘ |
| configurationPersistence | rules typically saved to distribution-specific files ⓘ |
| configurationScope | kernel packet filtering tables ⓘ |
| counterpartOf | iptables ⓘ |
| documentation | man 8 ip6tables ⓘ |
| implements | netfilter rule management for IPv6 ⓘ |
| license |
GPL
ⓘ
linked to:
GNU General Public License
|
| maintainedBy |
Linux netfilter project
ⓘ
linked to:
netfilter
|
| operatingSystem | Linux ⓘ |
| package | iptables package on many Linux distributions ⓘ |
| relatedTool |
ip6tables-restore
ⓘ
linked to:
ip6tables
ip6tables-save ⓘ |
| requiresPrivilege | root ⓘ |
| status | largely superseded by nftables on modern Linux systems ⓘ |
| supportsAction |
ACCEPT
ⓘ
DROP ⓘ LOG ⓘ QUEUE ⓘ REJECT ⓘ RETURN ⓘ |
| supportsExtension |
conntrack match
ⓘ
limit match ⓘ mark match ⓘ owner match ⓘ recent match ⓘ state match ⓘ |
| supportsMatch |
ICMPv6 type
ⓘ
TCP ports ⓘ UDP ports ⓘ connection state ⓘ destination IPv6 address ⓘ interface ⓘ protocol ⓘ rate limiting ⓘ source IPv6 address ⓘ |
| supportsProtocol | IPv6 ⓘ |
| supportsTarget |
DNAT
ⓘ
MARK ⓘ MASQUERADE ⓘ REDIRECT ⓘ SNAT ⓘ |
| tableType |
filter
ⓘ
mangle ⓘ raw ⓘ security ⓘ |
| typicalPath | /sbin/ip6tables ⓘ |
| usedFor |
configuring IPv6 NAT and mangling rules
ⓘ
configuring IPv6 firewall rules ⓘ managing IPv6 packet filtering ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ip6tables Description of subject: ip6tables is the IPv6-capable counterpart to iptables, used to configure and manage packet filtering and firewall rules for IPv6 traffic on Linux systems.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: ip6tables