How To List and Delete iptables Firewall Rules | Linux Today

How To List and Delete iptables Firewall Rules

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Jan 21, 2018

We’ll show you, how to list and delete iptables firewall rules. Iptables is a command line utility that allows system administrators to configure the packet filtering rule set on Linux. iptables requires elevated privileges to operate and must be executed by user root, otherwise it fails to function.

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