Why does iptables throw the error "Using intrapositioned negation (`--option ! this`) is deprecated in favor of extrapositioned (`! --option this`)" in RHEL6?
Issue
- Executing the following iptable rule gives the error shown below:
# iptables -A INPUT -d ! 10.65.223.247 -j REJECT
Using intrapositioned negation (`--option ! this`) is deprecated in favor of extrapositioned (`! --option this`).
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4
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