[LARTC] iproute and iptables

[LARTC] iproute and iptables

[James Ma]

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Dear all,

I am newbie. However, I tried iptables recently and succeeded. I don't understand the relationship between iptables and iproute2, is iproute used to replace iptables?

Thanks,

James

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Re: [LARTC] iproute and iptables

[Thilo Schulz]

Am Mittwoch, 21. August 2002 00:21 schrieb James Ma:
> Dear all,
>
> I am newbie. However, I tried iptables recently and succeeded. I don't
> understand the relationship between iptables and iproute2, is iproute used
> to replace iptables?

No. The iproute2 utilities allow to set various things, such as ip addresses, 
routing entries or the traffic shaper.
The iptables tool is responsible for the firewall and the rules in there - as 
well as some packet mangling and network address translation. You can combine 
both tools with the -j MARK directive .. rtfm ;-)

 - Thilo Schulz
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Re: [LARTC] iproute and iptables

[Stef Coene]

On Wednesday 21 August 2002 00:21, James Ma wrote:
> Dear all,
>
> I am newbie. However, I tried iptables recently and succeeded. I don't
> understand the relationship between iptables and iproute2, is iproute used
> to replace iptables?
iptables is to create firewall chains
iproute2 contains 2 programs :
   ip : For setting/changing all the ip configuration and routing
   tc : For manipulating the bandwidth managing part of the kernel

But iptables and iproute can work together.  You can mark packets with 
iptables and use that mark to route packets or use that mark in the filters 
you can add with tc.

More info about the iproute2 utility can be found on www.lartc.org.

Stef

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