What are the built-in tables or rules lists for filtering packets?

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The Linux kernel has the built-in ability to filter packets, allowing some of them to be received by or pass through the system while stopping others. The 2.4 kernel's netfilter has three built-in tables or rules lists. They are as follows:

  • filter - The default table for handling network packets.

  • nat - Used to alter...

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