Use nftables on your Linux machine to add more security.

The nftables firewall is a good alternative to iptables. This has better performance than the old iptables system. To install this on Ubuntu 18.04, run this command. 4.4 Thu Sep 12 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo apt install nftables4.4 Thu Sep 12 jason@Yog-Sothoth 0: $ sudo apt install nftables Edit the…

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How to have iptables entries applied on boot.

The iptables entries are lost upon reboot with a standard configuration, but this can be applied on boot with the right script. Create a script in the /etc/network/if-up.d directory named iptables. jason@hoshi:~$ sudo touch /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables [sudo] password for jason:jason@hoshi:~$ sudo touch /etc/network/if-up.d/iptables [sudo] password for jason: Put this in it….

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