iptables question

vijeesh · 08-06-2006, 03:09 AM

Hi Guys,how can i check whether iptables is running in my machine. I mean which is the daemon for iptables ?

billymayday · 08-06-2006, 03:15 AM

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but iptables is effectively a part of the kernel, so you don't check if it's running as such, you just check what rules are in place (iptables -L).

Additionally, iptables loads modules, but these aren't daemons.

jschiwal · 08-06-2006, 03:20 AM

There is a kernel module called ip_tables.
You can enter iptables-save to dump out the rules.