net-firewall/iptables

A Linux kernel packet filter control tool.

Versions

Slot Version Repository Platforms
0 1.8.11 arbor ~amd64 ~arm ~armv7 ~armv8 ~x86

Metadata

Homepage https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables
Summary A Linux kernel packet filter control tool
Description iptables is built on top of netfilter, the packet alteration framework for Linux. It is used to control packet filtering, Network Address Translation (masquerading, portforwarding, transparent proxying), and special effects such as packet mangling.
Upstream changelog https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/changes-iptables-1.8.11.txt
Upstream documentation https://netfilter.org/documentation
Dependencies (
    build:
    sys-kernel/linux-headers[>=4.4]
    virtual/pkg-config
    build+run:
    dev-libs/libpcap
    net-libs/libmnl[>=1.0]
    net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack[>=1.0.6]
    net-libs/libnfnetlink[>=1.0]
    net-libs/libnftnl[>=1.2.6]
    test:
    dev-lang/python:*[>=3]
)
Downloads https://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-1.8.11.tar.xz
Licences GPL-2