netfilter

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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.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
netfilter canonical 5
Linux kernel NAT subsystem 1
Netfilter core team 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Linux kernel framework
packet filtering framework
category Linux networking subsystem
firewall software
packet filtering software
developedInLanguage C
developer Linux kernel community
netfilter self-linksurface differs
surface form: Netfilter core team
hasComponent arptables
ebtables
iptables
surface form: ip6tables

iptables
nftables
hasHook FORWARD
INPUT
OUTPUT
POSTROUTING
PREROUTING
hasInterface iptables userspace utility
nft userspace utility
introducedInKernelVersion Linux kernel
surface form: Linux 2.4 series
license GNU General Public License
operatingSystem Linux
partOf Linux kernel
providesFunction NAT
connection tracking
mangling of packets
network address translation
packet filtering
stateful packet inspection
traffic control support
replaced iptables
surface form: ipchains

ipfwadm
replacedBy nftables
supportsExtension conntrack helpers
match modules
target modules
supportsFeature IPv4
IPv6
bridged IPv4 filtering
bridged IPv6 filtering
usedFor DoS mitigation
destination NAT
firewall implementation
logging network packets
masquerading
packet filtering rules
port forwarding
rate limiting
source NAT
traffic shaping support
website https://www.netfilter.org/

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Harald Welte notableWork netfilter
Harald Welte developerOf netfilter
netfilter developer netfilter self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Netfilter core team
iptables usesFramework netfilter
iptables configures netfilter
this entity surface form: Linux kernel NAT subsystem
iptables maintainedBy netfilter
this entity surface form: netfilter project
iptables usesFramework netfilter
subject surface form: ip6tables
eBPF relatedTo netfilter