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Welcome to iptablesrocks.org! Iptablesrocks was created to provide a publicly available, easy to understand guide and tutorial for the installation and
configuration of iptables. Iptables is a linux package for managing IPv4 (and optionally IPv6) packet filtering and NAT (Network Address Translation).
Iptables can be configured to function as a firewall, a NAT mechanism, a packet filter or all 3 at once. The diversity of capabilities possible with iptables
makes it a secure, stable and economical alterative to hardware based firewalls and routers or costly 3rd party firewall software. Iptables can also
serve as a rendundant firewall in conjunction with a hardware firewall, providing you with an extra layer of security. Iptablesrocks.org covers the
installation of iptables in a Redhat environment, the syntax and structure associated with iptables and a collection a pre-configured iptables
configurations for a variety of applications. This site is currently under development. Enjoy!
The iptablesrocks.org iptables firewall setup guide Quick links to need specific iptables configurations
An overview of the iptablesrocks firewall
Step 1:
System requirements & Pre-configuration
Step 2: Deploying a safety net.
Step 3: The iptables firewall ruleset
Step 4: Testing functionality
Step 5: Installing Iptables Log Analyzer
Step 6: Maintaining & modifying your firewall and starting it on boot
Step 7: Feedback
general web server firewall
linux gateway w/DSL connection
linux gateway w/Cable connection
sever to server trusted connections
A word of advise: Before you make any changes to your iptables configuration, you should read about
pre-configuration precautions!
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Summary

The iptablesrocks.org iptables firewall setup guide

Step 1: System requirements & Pre-configuration

Step 2: Deploying a safety net.

Implementing a safety net for firewall configuration.

Step 3: The iptables firewall ruleset

Step 4: Testing functionality

Step 5: Installing Iptables Log Analyzer

Step 6: Maintaining & modifying your firewall and starting it on boot

Maintaining, modifying, and starting the firewall on boot.

Iptables Ruleset Examples

Example 1 - iptables setup for a full service web server

Maintaining & modifying your firewall and starting it on boot

Maintenance

Modifications

Modifying iptables rules and firewall configurations.

What if I want to open another port?

What if I want to close a port?

What if I want to completely block someone from my server?

How to block a specific host from accessing the server.

Starting your firewall on boot

Ensuring the firewall starts automatically on boot.

iptables pre-configuration safety precautions

So heres how you do it....

Steps to implement a disaster recovery measure for iptables.

Manpage of IPTABLES

COMMANDS

PARAMETERS

MATCH EXTENSIONS

Modules for advanced packet matching.

TARGET EXTENSIONS

Modules for defining rule actions.

The iptablesrocks.org iptables firewall setup guide

System Requirements;Installation:

System Requirements;Installation:

Pre-configuration:

Pre-configuration steps for iptables.

Deploying a Safetynet:

So heres how you do it:

Steps to deploy a safety net for firewall configuration.

Deploying the firewall:

Create the firewall script...

Creating the main iptables firewall ruleset script.

Now import the firewall into your servers iptables ruleset...

Importing the firewall script into iptables.

Testing your new firewall:

From a remote server, try the following:

Installing Iptables Log Analyzer:

So lets install it...

Now we will configure and install the database feeder script.

Amazon iptables Specifications

General

Platform	Linux
Usage	Firewall
Compatibility	Linux-based systems
Configuration	Command-line interface
Purpose	Network security, traffic management
Type	Firewall utility