From: "Tyler J. Wagner" <tyler@tolaris.com>
To: "Olshvang, LevX" <levx.olshvang@intel.com>
Cc: "netfilter@vger.kernel.org" <netfilter@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Q:when ip6tables should be used instead of iptables ?
Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2011 17:12:36 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E3AC4F4.2080908@tolaris.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <FE06BAB9E17C4742BB3BE97B2D419D8C2D0D1399BD@hasmsx502.ger.corp.intel.com>
On 2011-08-04 15:54, Olshvang, LevX wrote:
> Or in another terms which of iptable command are IPv4/v6 neutral?
None of them. iptables is an IPv4 filter. ip6tables is an IPv6 filter.
Yes, you must maintain two sets of firewall rules, or use a firewall
rules generator tool that does this for you.
Regards,
Tyler
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2011-08-04 14:54 Q:when ip6tables should be used instead of iptables ? Olshvang, LevX
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