Re: safely apply new rulesets: iptables-apply

[martin f krafft <madduck@madduck.net>]

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also sprach Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@computergmbh.de> [2008.04.10.1229 +0200]:
> My patch queue finally starts to decrease..—

yay!

> Anyway, could you make a normal manpage instead of a .dbk file?
> This is easier to process (because it needs no processing at all -hehe)
> Thanks!

It's attached. Thanks!

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.\"     Title: iptables-apply
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.\"      Date: Jun 04, 2006
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.TH "IPTABLES\-APPLY" "8" "Jun 04, 2006" "" ""
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.SH "NAME"
iptables-apply \- a safer way to update iptables remotely
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.HP 15
\fBiptables\-apply\fR [\-\fBthV\fR]\fI ruleset\-file\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
iptables\-apply will try to apply a new ruleset (as output by iptables\-save/read by iptables\-restore) to iptables, then prompt the user whether the changes are okay\&. If the new ruleset cut the existing connection, the user won\'t be able to answer affirmatively\&. In this case, the script rolls back to the previous ruleset after the timeout expired\&. The timeout can be set with
\fB\-t\fR\&.
.PP
When called as ip6tables\-apply, the script will use ip6tables\-save/\-restore instead\&.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.PP
\-t \fIseconds\fR, \-\-timeout \fIseconds\fR
.RS 4
Sets the timeout after which the script will roll back to the previous ruleset\&.
.RE
.PP
\-h, \-\-help
.RS 4
Display usage information\&.
.RE
.PP
\-V, \-\-version
.RS 4
Display version information\&.
.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP

\fBiptables-restore\fR(1),
\fBiptables-save\fR(1),
\fBiptables\fR(8)\&.
.SH "LEGALESE"
.PP
iptables\-apply is copyright by martin f\&. krafft
.PP
This manual page was written by martin f\&. krafft
<madduck@madduck\&.net>
.PP
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the Artistic License 2\&.0

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