From 35e4b3d546e8e160db973730496fa331d7a9d6f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ludovic Courtès Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:32:03 +0200 Subject: gnu: iptables: Mention "firewall". Suggested by ng0 . * gnu/packages/linux.scm (iptables)[description]: Mention "firewall". --- gnu/packages/linux.scm | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'gnu/packages') diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 001908f899..6bdb6b1faa 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -889,7 +889,7 @@ MIDI functionality to the Linux-based operating system.") (synopsis "Program to configure the Linux IP packet filtering rules") (description "iptables is the userspace command line program used to configure the -Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset. It is targeted towards +Linux 2.4.x and later IPv4 packet filtering ruleset (firewall). It is targeted at 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 -- cgit v1.2.3