*** This is alpha software -- use at your own risks ***

Introduction

IPTables module allows you to manipulate netfilter rules from the comfort perl. It does this by interacting directly with libiptc.

IT may work for you, may not. I'm still developing it and it quiet a hack right now. If you do have problems getting it workign however, let me know and i'll try and fix ASAP ;)

Installation

0. Prerequisites:

• Perl version 5.005_03 or more recent.
• Linux 2.4 or greater
• libiptc.a in /usr/lib/.
• ip_tabled support in kernel ;)
  1. Installation steps:
• If you have libiptc.a (developemtn files from iptables source) in a place other than /usr/lib, then edit Makefile.PL before following these instructions.

        -from the directory where this file is located, type:
        perl Makefile.PL
        make
        make test
        make install

Problems, Comments, Etc

Mail to me at theo@crazygreek.co.uk.