From 4f2d7949f03e1c198bc888f2d05f421d35c57e21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: V3n3RiX Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 18:53:29 +0100 Subject: reinit the tree, so we can have metadata --- net-firewall/iptables/metadata.xml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) create mode 100644 net-firewall/iptables/metadata.xml (limited to 'net-firewall/iptables/metadata.xml') diff --git a/net-firewall/iptables/metadata.xml b/net-firewall/iptables/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..92f454ba7f63 --- /dev/null +++ b/net-firewall/iptables/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ + + + + + base-system@gentoo.org + Gentoo Base System + + + Build against net-libs/libnetfilter_conntrack when enables the connlabel matcher + Build against libnfnetlink which enables the nfnl_osf util + Support nftables kernel interface + Build against net-libs/libpcap which enables the nfbpf_compile util + + + iptables is the userspace command line program used to set up, maintain, and + inspect the tables of IPv4 packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. It's a + part of packet filtering framework which allows the stateless and stateful + packet filtering, all kinds of network address and port translation, and is a + flexible and extensible infrastructure with multiple layers of API's for 3rd + party extensions. The iptables package also includes ip6tables. ip6tables is + used for configuring the IPv6 packet filter. + + Note that some extensions (e.g. imq and l7filter) are not included into + official kernel sources so you have to patch the sources before installation. + + + cpe:/a:netfilter_core_team:iptables + + -- cgit v1.2.3