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authorRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2021-05-02 18:27:27 -0500
committerRobby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org>2021-05-02 18:27:27 -0500
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xtables-addons (additions for iptables/xtables)
-Xtables-addons is the proclaimed successor to patch-o-matic(-ng).
-It contains extensions that are not in the main Xtables package,
-including TARPIT and SYSRQ.
+Xtables-addons is a set of additional extensions for the Xtables packet
+filter that is present in the Linux kernel (which is loosely known by
+its administrative commands iptables/ip6tables/etc.).
+
+Xtables-addons succeeds the older patch-o-matic and patch-o-matic-ng
+packages. Likewise, it contains extensions that were not, or are not
+yet, accepted in the main kernel/iptables packages.
This package builds some kernel modules, so it will need to be
rebuilt any time you change kernels.