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