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Make disabling Netfilter possible at runtime #3
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Is this patch now integrated in Linux or just a personal patch for netkit ? |
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Linux firewall (Netfilter, managed by iptables utility) affects the control flow of networking code in several ways, even when there are no firewall rules specified. For instance, when Netfilter is enabled, incoming IP packets are always reassembled. Short of recompiling the kernel, there is no standard way to disable Netfilter completely.
This patch allows user to disable Netfilter at runtime by executing the following command:
Writing value "1" to this ProcFS file turns Netfilter back on.