Iptables newbie question 1

[StickyBit]

I'm attempting to configure iptables for the first time. I created a basic firewall-2.4 file with basic iptable commands to perform nat and basic filtering. My question is, does iptables run as a daemon on the system? After running the script I perform ps -ef | grep iptables and see nothing that tells me that it does. Therefore, am I correct in assuming that iptables is apart of the kernel and will not show up as a process on the system? Or should I see something indicating that iptables is running.

I'm running Redhat 7.3

Thanks,

StickyBit.

 

[fluid11]

Yes, iptables is a part of the kernel. You will not see it as a process.

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[StickyBit]

Thanks ChrisP.

Is there a way I can see what other kernel modules are enabled within my kernel (How would I know iptables/ipchains is enabled)?

Thanks,

StickyBit.

 

[fluid11]

The following will show all active tables...

iptables -L -n


ChrisP
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[boards188]

Use "lsmod" to see what loadable modules are loaded or "cat /proc/modules" to see the same thing.

"iptables -L -n" actually only shows the "filter" table; you have to do a "iptables -t xxx -L -n" where xxx is "nat" or "mangle" to see those tables.

 

[StickyBit]

Thanks for your help boards188!

Stickybit