Netfilter
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Netfilter is a framework provided by the Linux kernel that allows various networking-related operations to be implemented in the form of customized handlers. Netfilter offers various functions and operations for packet filtering, network address translation, and port translation, which provide the functionality required for directing packets through a network and prohibiting packets from reaching sensitive locations within a network.
Key facts
- Software.name
- Linux
- Software.title
- Netfilter
- Software.released
- (Linux 2.3.15)
- Software.operating system
- Linux
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.license
- GNU GPL
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Official website
netfilter/iptables project homepage - The netfilter.org project
netfilter.org →Link to the official site · 4,690 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- software framework
- Platform
- Linux-libre
- Official website
- www.netfilter.org
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- programmed in
- C
- Stack Exchange tag
- stackoverflow.com/tags/netfilter
- Commons category
- Netfilter
- operating system
- GNU/Linux
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0
Sources (2)
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Article · Nederlands
Netfilter is een voorziening in de Linuxkernel vanaf versie 2.2 die het mogelijk maakt om netwerkpakketten te onderscheppen, te filteren en te manipuleren. Netfilter is de opvolger van ipfwadm en ipchains, de netwerkfilters in oudere kernelversies. In tegenstelling tot die laatste twee is netfilter stateful. Dit houdt in dat netfilter in staat is om onderscheid te maken tussen pakketten die bij verschillende verbindingen horen. Netfilter is ontwikkeld door die ook netfilters' voorganger ipchains creëerde. In 2000 werd netfilter opgenomen in de Linuxkernel.
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