Install Softether VPN and create a Destination NAT (D-NAT) Rule to access the private Client VPN Node on a Debian 12 OS Rumi, February 14, 2026February 14, 2026 This installation is a bit long, hence split into 6 chapters. Part I: Install Softether VPN Server on a Freshly Installed Debian Server Part II: Install Webmin Part III: Configuring DNSMasq Part IV: Configuring SoftETher VPN Server using Softether VPN Manager Client Part V: Updating Interfaces Part VI: Iptables Part… Continue Reading
1:1 NAT using Iptables on an OpenVPN Server Rumi, October 2, 2025October 2, 2025 Keeping for future references- # Oct 28 23:57:58 2014 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [2590:547311] :FORWARD ACCEPT [11426:731834] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [3989:328501] -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Tue Oct 28 23:57:58 2014 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Tue Oct 28 23:57:58 2014 *mangle :PREROUTING ACCEPT [24964:3178001] :INPUT… Continue Reading
Creating 1:1 NAT using iptables Rumi, June 8, 2024 Its a POC where I needed a 1:1 NAT using Linux iptables. I used 2 Debian 11 OS for this and here’s the machine IP plans- VM-1: IPTables/NAT Router- 123.45.67.5/24, 123.45.67.6/24 and 192.168.10.5/24 VM-2: Backend Server- 192.168.10.6/24 (this VM’s gateway will be 192.168.10.5 On VM-1 Uninstall nftables and its Dependencies… Continue Reading
INSTALL IPTABLES IN DEBIAN 11 (BULLSEYE) Rumi, February 26, 2024February 26, 2024 In this article you will learn how to uninstall default nftables framework, install iptables Debian 11 (Bullseye) and basic rules initial configuration. Uninstall nftables and its Dependencies IPtables is being replaced by nftables starting with Debian 10 Buster. Debian 11 comes with nftables framework. To install iptables first we need uninstall nftables and its dependencies. SSH… Continue Reading
Enable IPTables on Rocky Linux 8 Rumi, September 2, 2023 Disabling firewalld You can’t really run the old iptables utilities alongside firewalld. They’re just not compatible. The best way to get around this is to disable firewalld entirely (no need to uninstall it unless you want to) , and reinstall the iptables utilities. Disabling firewalld can be done using these… Continue Reading
IPTables D-NAT Firewall Rule Rumi, September 2, 2023 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Tue Oct 28 23:57:58 2014 *filter :INPUT ACCEPT [2590:547311] :FORWARD ACCEPT [11426:731834] :OUTPUT ACCEPT [3989:328501] -A INPUT -i eth0 -j ACCEPT COMMIT # Completed on Tue Oct 28 23:57:58 2014 # Generated by iptables-save v1.3.5 on Tue Oct 28 23:57:58 2014 *mangle :PREROUTING ACCEPT… Continue Reading
Flushing IPTables rule and allow all traffic for Debian or Ubuntu Rumi, March 20, 2023 Flushing all iptables chain rules shell script #!/bin/sh echo “Stopping IPv4 firewall and allowing everyone…” ipt=”/sbin/iptables” ## Failsafe – die if /sbin/iptables not found [ ! -x “$ipt” ] && { echo “$0: \”${ipt}\” command not found.”; exit 1; } $ipt -P INPUT ACCEPT $ipt -P FORWARD ACCEPT $ipt -P… Continue Reading
Postfix SMTP Rotating IP using IPTables Rumi, August 1, 2022 I got 5 Public IPs. i’m Gonna configure them, so Postfix can use multiple interfaces/ips for outgoing smtp connections. First we need creating Interface aliases for those 5 public IPs. In my system, using centos: # cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ # cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:1 Edit ifcfg-eth0:1 # vi ifcfg-eth0\:1 DEVICE=eth0 <– default… Continue Reading
Install Iptables on CentOS 7 Rumi, April 23, 2020June 18, 2022 Disable FirewallD To disable the FirewallD on your CentOS 7 system, follow these steps: Type the following command to stop the FirewallD service: sudo systemctl stop firewalld Disable the FirewallD service to start automatically on system boot: sudo systemctl disable firewalld Mask the FirewallD service to prevent it from being… Continue Reading
Disable FirewallD and Enable Iptables on CentOS 7 Rumi, December 28, 2019 Download and Install the Iptables Service To begin your server’s transition, you need to download and install the iptables-service package from the CentOS repositories. Download and install the service files by typing: sudo yum install iptables-services This will download and install the systemd scripts used to manage the iptables service…. Continue Reading