Do you allow iptables?

[VGeeked]

Just wondering do you allow iptables on your vps?

[Tux]

Just wondering do you allow iptables on your vps?

Yes, we do allow iptables with our linux VPS .

[VGeeked]

Great, I'm wondering if you also allow tun and nat iptables modules?

[Macdale]

Yes, we do allow tun and nat iptables modules only on VPS, Semi-dedicated and Dedicated web servers.

[VGeeked]

Nice, thanks

[amk2010]

Yes, we do allow tun and nat iptables modules only on VPS, Semi-dedicated and Dedicated web servers.

hmmm .... this is nice update. i am also learning iptables

[MattBarthorp]

hmmm .... this is nice update. i am also learning iptables

Glad to know that. We hope you master them :wink:
The following link might be of some :

gnulinux.in/article/learning-iptables

Happened to find few articles at Eukhost's blog that you might want to refer:

• Important Iptables Command Switch Operations

• What Is iptables?

• Increase Linux Server Security with iptables

[WeRollin]

And these iptables come free with the packages listed above is that right? If they do infact come free, you guys really are a great service, let me tell you!

[Ryan]

That's right, you won't need to pay anything to use iptables on a VPS, Semi Dedicated, Cloud Server or a Dedicated Server.

[Macdale]

Using the iptables rule you can do several things on your dedicated server if you have root access. You can tighten your server's security and monitor many things, who log-in and log-out when, to keep your server safe and up-to-date. iptables are the strongest elements of the Linux servers.

[Jma786]

Some there are many other user-level benefits of the iptables. e.g:
1. iptables allows setup of *stateful* firewalls. This means that the firewall has a memory of each connection passing through it. This mode is essential for effective configuration of FTP (active ftp) and DNS as well as many other network services.

2. iptables can filter packets based on any combination of TCP flags and also based on MAC (i.e. hardware) addresses, which can be sometimes helpful for firewalls within LANs

3. System logging is much more configurable and flexible than with ipchains

4. Netfilter now has more powerful and easy to use support for network address translation (NAT) and transparent proxies.

5. iptables can help block some DoS attacks by using the rate limiting for user-defined packet types that can sometimes block SYN floods (makes a nice addition for SYN cookies for host-based protection)

Hope it helps