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           SPELL=iptables
         VERSION=1.4.13
          SOURCE=$SPELL-$VERSION.tar.bz2
         SOURCE2=$SOURCE.sig
   SOURCE_URL[0]=http://www.iptables.org/projects/$SPELL/files/$SOURCE
  SOURCE2_URL[0]=$SOURCE_URL.sig
      SOURCE_GPG=netfilter.gpg:$SOURCE2:UPSTREAM_KEY
  SOURCE2_IGNORE=signature
SOURCE_DIRECTORY="$BUILD_DIRECTORY/$SPELL-$VERSION"
        WEB_SITE=http://www.iptables.org/projects/iptables/
         ENTERED=20010922
      LICENSE[0]=GPL
        KEYWORDS="net"
           SHORT="creation of packet alteration and firwall rules"
cat << EOF
iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the Linux 2.4.x
and 2.6.x IPv4 packet filtering ruleset. It is targeted towards system
administrators.

Since Network Address Translation is also configured from the packet filter
ruleset, iptables is used for this, too.

The iptables package also includes ip6tables. ip6tables is used for configuring
the IPv6 packet filter.

Main features:
 * listing the contents of the packet filter ruleset
 * adding/removing/modifying rules in the packet filter ruleset
 * listing/zeroing per-rule counters of the packet filter ruleset
EOF