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Linux NetFilter, IP Tables and Conntrack Diagrams

Linux NetFilter, IP Tables and Conntrack Diagrams

IPTABLES TABLES and CHAINS

IPTables has the following 4 built-in tables.

1) Filter Table

Filter is default table for iptables. So, if you don’t define you own table, you’ll be using filter table. Iptables’s filter table has the following built-in chains.