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diff --git a/network/ipset/README b/network/ipset/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4451015581fb --- /dev/null +++ b/network/ipset/README @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +IP sets are a framework inside the Linux 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel, +which can be administered by the ipset utility. Depending on the type, +currently an IP set may store IP addresses, (TCP/UDP) port numbers +or IP addresses with MAC addresses in a way, which ensures lightning +speed when matching an entry against a set. + +If you want to: + +* store multiple IP addresses or port numbers and match against + the collection by iptables at one swoop; +* dynamically update iptables rules against IP addresses or ports + without performance penalty; +* express complex IP address and ports based rulesets with one + single iptables rule and benefit from the speed of IP sets + +then ipset may be the proper tool for you. + +IP sets was written by Jozsef Kadlecsik and it is based on ippool +by Joakim Axelsson, Patrick Schaaf and Martin Josefsson. + +This requires kernel-source. |