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iptables mit Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman, zypper, dnf installieren

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InstallationsbefehlSicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%
brew install iptables

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%
sudo apk add iptables

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · iptables · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%
sudo apt install iptables

Debian stable package indexes · iptables · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#iptables

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/ip/iptables/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%
sudo pacman -S iptables

Arch Linux sync databases · iptables · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%
sudo zypper install iptables

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · iptables · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%
sudo dnf install iptables-devel

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · iptables-devel · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Linux kernel packet control tool

Befehle und Aliase

  • arptables
  • arptables-nft
  • arptables-nft-restore
  • arptables-nft-save
  • arptables-restore
  • arptables-save
  • arptables-translate
  • ebtables
  • ebtables-nft
  • ebtables-nft-restore
  • ebtables-nft-save
  • ebtables-restore
  • ebtables-save
  • ebtables-translate
  • ip6tables
  • ip6tables-apply
  • ip6tables-legacy
  • ip6tables-legacy-restore
  • ip6tables-legacy-save
  • ip6tables-nft
  • ip6tables-nft-restore
  • ip6tables-nft-save
  • ip6tables-restore
  • ip6tables-restore-translate
  • ip6tables-save
  • ip6tables-translate
  • iptables
  • iptables-apply
  • iptables-legacy
  • iptables-legacy-restore
  • iptables-legacy-save
  • iptables-nft

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

iptables is the long-lived user-space command family for controlling Linux packet filtering, NAT, and mangling rules through the netfilter framework. It sits at the intersection of kernel networking, firewall administration, and distribution packaging, with companion commands such as ip6tables, arptables, ebtables, restore/save tools, and nft translation frontends.

Projektgeschichte

The netfilter project was founded by Paul "Rusty" Russell as a redesign of the Linux 2.2 ipchains and Linux 2.0 ipfwadm firewall systems. Netfilter's own project history describes the late-1999 design work by Russell and Marc Boucher that generalized iptables and produced the multiple-table framework that became the filter, nat, and mangle modules.

iptables became the administrative surface for the Linux 2.4 era of packet filtering. The project grew alongside connection tracking, NAT helpers, userspace queueing, IPv6 work through ip6tables, and later the xtables command family that collected IPv4, IPv6, ARP, and Ethernet bridge filtering tools under related interfaces.

The iptables 1.8 series marked the nftables transition period by shipping both legacy xtables commands and nft-backed variants such as iptables-nft, ip6tables-nft, arptables-nft, ebtables-nft, and translation tools. That made iptables both a historic interface and a migration bridge to nftables.

Adoptionsgeschichte

iptables was adopted broadly because it arrived with the Linux kernel's netfilter subsystem and offered a scriptable firewall language that distributions, hosting providers, routers, container stacks, and security appliances could automate. Its save/restore format made rulesets easy to ship in init scripts and configuration management.

The package remains visible in package-manager culture because many Linux systems, compatibility scripts, and container/networking components still know the iptables command vocabulary even when the underlying backend is nftables. Homebrew's package metadata also exposes the full command family for macOS users who need the Linux-compatible tooling.

Wie es verwendet wird

Typical use centers on creating chains and rules for packet filtering, network address translation, port forwarding, connection-state matching, and firewall persistence with iptables-save and iptables-restore. Administrators also use iptables-translate and iptables-restore-translate when moving legacy rule sets toward nftables.

The package is Linux-specific in purpose: on non-Linux systems it is mostly useful for packaging, cross-development, documentation, or compatibility workflows rather than native packet filtering.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

For package nerds, iptables is one of the canonical examples of a small command-line package whose real meaning comes from the kernel ABI underneath it. Its packaging has to preserve many executable names because shell scripts, orchestration tools, and documentation often reference exact command variants.

It is also a transition fossil: one package contains legacy commands, nft-backed commands, multi-call binaries, and translation helpers, making it a compact map of two generations of Linux firewall administration.

Zeitleiste

  • 1999: Netfilter core design work generalized iptables and the filter, nat, and mangle table model.
  • 2000: Netfilter and iptables work was prepared for inclusion with Linux 2.4.
  • 2001: Linux 2.4 made netfilter/iptables the standard Linux firewall framework.
  • 2018: iptables 1.8 introduced the nft-backed command variants as part of the nftables migration path.
  • 2026: Netfilter news records continued iptables 1.8 maintenance releases.

Related projects

  • iptables is closely related to netfilter kernel hooks, nftables, libnftnl, conntrack-tools, ipset, ulogd, arptables, ebtables, and the older ipchains and ipfwadm systems it replaced.

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

  • narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

  • metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

  • In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
  • Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 2 Plattformziele verfügbar.
  • Installiert mit 6 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
  • Build-Metadaten listen 1 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

BefehlArtSichtbarkeitHinweis
arptablescliglobales Executable
arptables-nftcliglobales Executable
arptables-nft-restorecliglobales Executable
arptables-nft-savecliglobales Executable
arptables-restorecliglobales Executable
arptables-savecliglobales Executable
arptables-translatecliglobales Executable
ebtablescliglobales Executable
ebtables-nftcliglobales Executable
ebtables-nft-restorecliglobales Executable
ebtables-nft-savecliglobales Executable
ebtables-restorecliglobales Executable
ebtables-savecliglobales Executable
ebtables-translatecliglobales Executable
ip6tablescliglobales Executable
ip6tables-applycliglobales Executable
ip6tables-legacycliglobales Executable
ip6tables-legacy-restorecliglobales Executable
ip6tables-legacy-savecliglobales Executable
ip6tables-nftcliglobales Executable
ip6tables-nft-restorecliglobales Executable
ip6tables-nft-savecliglobales Executable
ip6tables-restorecliglobales Executable
ip6tables-restore-translatecliglobales Executable
ip6tables-savecliglobales Executable
ip6tables-translatecliglobales Executable
iptablescliglobales Executable
iptables-applycliglobales Executable
iptables-legacycliglobales Executable
iptables-legacy-restorecliglobales Executable
iptables-legacy-savecliglobales Executable
iptables-nftcliglobales Executable
iptables-nft-restorecliglobales Executable
iptables-nft-savecliglobales Executable
iptables-restorecliglobales Executable
iptables-restore-translatecliglobales Executable
iptables-savecliglobales Executable
iptables-translatecliglobales Executable
iptables-xmlcliglobales Executable
nfbpf_compilecliglobales Executable
nfnl_osfcliglobales Executable
xtables-legacy-multicliglobales Executable
xtables-monitorcliglobales Executable
xtables-nft-multicliglobales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-10
Manager-Version1.8.13
Manager aktualisiert
lokale DatenOK
Upstreamnot checked
neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüsselbrew:iptables
Version1.8.13
PaketmanagerHomebrew
Paketmanager-Seitehttps://formulae.brew.sh/formula/iptables
Homepagehttps://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/index.html
Repositoryhttps://git.netfilter.org/iptables
Upstream-Dokumentationhttps://www.netfilter.org/documentation/index.html
LizenzGPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchivhttps://www.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/iptables-1.8.13.tar.xz
Abhängigkeitenlibmnl, libnetfilter_conntrack, libnfnetlink, libnftnl, libpcap, nftables
Build-Abhängigkeitenpkgconf
Bottleverfügbar (auf arm64_linux, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-installnicht definiert
Dienstkeiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source DatabaseHomebrew formula API
Taphomebrew/core
Full Nameiptables
Version Scheme0
Revision0
Requirements
  • linux
Bottle Stable Root URLhttps://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecatedno
Disabledno
Keg Onlyno
URL Keys
  • stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

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Debian apt95%

iptables 1.8.11-2

administration tools for packet filtering and NAT

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install iptables
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 9 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: iptables from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libip4tc-dev 1.8.11-2

Development files for libip4tc

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libip4tc-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libip4tc-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libip4tc2 1.8.11-2

netfilter libip4tc library

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libip4tc2
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libip4tc2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libip6tc-dev 1.8.11-2

Development files for libip6tc

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libip6tc-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libip6tc-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libip6tc2 1.8.11-2

netfilter libip6tc library

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libip6tc2
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libip6tc2 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libiptc-dev 1.8.11-2

Common development files for libiptc

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libiptc-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libiptc-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxtables-dev 1.8.11-2

netfilter xtables library -- development files

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libxtables-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxtables-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Debian apt95%

libxtables12 1.8.11-2

netfilter xtables library

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libxtables12
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libxtables12 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz
Nix95%

iptables

nix profile install nixpkgs#iptables
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ip/iptables/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
Ubuntu apt95%

iptables 1.8.10-3ubuntu2

administration tools for packet filtering and NAT

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install iptables
  • Section: net
  • Architecture: amd64
  • 9 Abhängigkeiten
  • 3 optionale Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: iptables from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libip4tc-dev 1.8.10-3ubuntu2

Development files for libip4tc

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libip4tc-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libip4tc-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libip4tc2 1.8.10-3ubuntu2

netfilter libip4tc library

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libip4tc2
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libip4tc2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libip6tc-dev 1.8.10-3ubuntu2

Development files for libip6tc

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libip6tc-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libip6tc-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libip6tc2 1.8.10-3ubuntu2

netfilter libip6tc library

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libip6tc2
  • Section: libs
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libip6tc2 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libiptc-dev 1.8.10-3ubuntu2

Common development files for libiptc

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libiptc-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 2 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libiptc-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz
Ubuntu apt95%

libxtables-dev 1.8.10-3ubuntu2

netfilter xtables library -- development files

https://www.netfilter.org/

sudo apt install libxtables-dev
  • Section: libdevel
  • Architecture: amd64
  • Source Package: iptables
  • 1 Abhängigkeiten
  • normalized package name match
  • Abgeglichen nach: Iptables
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libxtables-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

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Verwandte Tools

  • libpcapRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • nftablesRuntime dependency declared by Homebrew.
  • pkgconfBuild dependency declared by Homebrew.

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  • iputilsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, networking.
  • libnlShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, networking.
  • net-toolsShares av.db curated category or tags: cli, linux, networking.

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