.\"     Title: iptables-apply

.\"    Author: Martin F. Krafft

.\"      Date: Jun 04, 2006

.\"

.TH IPTABLES\-APPLY 8 "" "@PACKAGE_STRING@" "@PACKAGE_STRING@"

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.nh

.SH NAME

iptables-apply \- a safer way to update iptables remotely

.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBiptables\-apply\fP [\-\fBhV\fP] [\fB-t\fP \fItimeout\fP] \fIruleset\-file\fP

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

.PP

iptables\-apply will try to apply a new ruleset (as output by

iptables\-save/read by iptables\-restore) to iptables, then prompt the

user whether the changes are okay. If the new ruleset cut the existing

connection, the user will not be able to answer affirmatively. In this

case, the script rolls back to the previous ruleset after the timeout

expired. The timeout can be set with \fB\-t\fP.

.PP

When called as \fBip6tables\-apply\fP, the script will use

ip6tables\-save/\-restore instead.

.SH OPTIONS

.TP

\fB\-t\fP \fIseconds\fR, \fB\-\-timeout\fP \fIseconds\fR

Sets the timeout after which the script will roll back to the previous

ruleset.

.TP

\fB\-h\fP, \fB\-\-help\fP

Display usage information.

.TP

\fB\-V\fP, \fB\-\-version\fP

Display version information.

.SH "SEE ALSO"

.PP

\fBiptables-restore\fP(8), \fBiptables-save\fP(8), \fBiptables\fR(8).

.SH LEGALESE

.PP

iptables\-apply is copyright by Martin F. Krafft.

.PP

This manual page was written by Martin F. Krafft <madduck@madduck.net>

.PP

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document

under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.