Tag: iptables

Firewalls: How to setup a basic firewall using UFW, iptables, nftables, or firewalld

Bailey Kasin Firewall, iptables, Linux, netfilter, nftables May 10, 2019

This article will be covering how to setup a basic firewall using each of the four main methods of doing so. I’ll leave covering advanced stuff to James, as he’s been somewhat obsessed with learning the complicated aspects of firewalls recently, but the basic are also important. UFW I’ll start with the simplest one. UFW
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Quirks of iptables on Kali Linux

James Block Linux January 29, 2019

Preface iptables has been a part of linux for over 20 years now, and it’s starting to show its age. In fact, it has already been replaced by nftables as of kernel 3.13. As a consequence of this transitional period, you might run into some bumps along the road while maintaining your iptables based firewall.
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