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diff --git a/2001/netfilter-birmingham2001/abstract b/2001/netfilter-birmingham2001/abstract new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1f407b7 --- /dev/null +++ b/2001/netfilter-birmingham2001/abstract @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Tutorial: Firewalling using netfilter/iptables in Linux 2.4 + +One of the major advantages of the new Linux 2.4.x kernel series is the +new packet filtering / NAT / packet mangling sybsystem, called iptables. +Iptables is the successor of ipchains and ipfwadm in 2.2 and 2.0 kernels. +Major new features are stateful firewalling, extensibility and better NAT +(Network Address Translation) support. + +Topics: + +- concepts behind new netfilter/iptables infrastructure +- usage of iptables +- case example of a real-world firewall +- current (experimental) netfilter work - or "what is patch-o-matic" +- writing netfilter/iptables extension modules + +The tutorial will be presented by two of the netfilter core team members, +Rusty Russel <rusty@rustcorp.com.au> and Harald Welte <laforge@gnumonks.org> |