Networking

Guides and tutorials on Networking - 2 posts on CodeHiRise covering practical, production-focused engineering topics.

Setup and configure iptables in Ubuntu

A practical guide to understanding and using iptables in Linux. In this blog post, we explore what a firewall is and how iptables can be used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules within the Linux kernel, and setup iptables-persistent to persist ephemeral firewall rules. It also provides a step-by-step guide on how to block incoming http connections to a webserver and then unblock it using iptables commands.

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