Basic Firewall Setup with nftables

Arch Linux comes with IPv6 enabled by default, so firewall rules must also cover IPv6 traffic. While iptabels and ip6tables are traditional tools, nftables handles both IPv4 and IPv6 through the inet address family or separate ip and ip6 tables. A graphical interface for managing both is firewalld. Basic Firewall Configuration The configurat ...

Posted on Sun, 17 May 2026 05:50:29 +0000 by Siggles

Essential Linux Command Line Operations and System Management

File Operations: Copy, Move, and Delete In Linux systems, the fundamental commands for file manipulation are cp (copy), mv (move), and rm (remove). ### Copy Command (cp) The cp command follows this syntax: ``` cp [-adfilprsu] source_file destination_file cp [options] source1 source2 source3 ... directory Key parameters include: - `-a`: Archive ...

Posted on Fri, 15 May 2026 19:39:06 +0000 by Jem

Firewall Policy Conflict Detection and Validation Workflow Review

Core Problem: Hidden Rule Collisions Most production outages that trace back to the firewall are not caused by external attacks but by silently conflicting rules that were never stress-tested together. A typical scenario is two administrators, weeks apart, adding overlapping permits and denies for the same subnet without realizing the interacti ...

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2026 17:12:19 +0000 by leonglass

Huawei Firewall Architecture: Security Zones, Stateful Policies, ASPF, and Virtual Systems

Overview Firewalls function as specialized network security appliances designed to shield one network segment from threats originating in another. Typical deployement positions include enterprise internet edges, internal departmental boundaries, and data center perimeters. Available form factors encompass chassis-based, compact fixed-configurat ...

Posted on Wed, 13 May 2026 15:26:26 +0000 by burgessm

Resolving nf_conntrack Table Full Packet Drops

Resolving nf_conntrack Table Full Packet Drops Overview The nf_conntrack table is typically located in the /proc/net directory and appears only when the firewall is active. This table records connection states for firewall rules. To examine the nf_conntrack table: cat /proc/net/nf_conntrack ipv4 2 tcp 6 86 TIME_WAIT src=10.16.104. ...

Posted on Sat, 09 May 2026 10:51:26 +0000 by echox