Technobabble

IP Tables is software that ships with most linux OS’s and is used as a firewall to control the flow of traffic in and out of the machine. Its design is meant to allow for chaining rules so that rules that appear farther down take precedence over the rules that appear at the top. Editing these rules can be a bit scary, and there is usually a gui tool that can be used to configure this. In fact the file itself recommends use of the visual tool for creating rules. In case you have a healthy dose of confidence, here’s…

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