Xtables-addons is a package which provides some extra plugins for iptables. It obsoletes the old patch-o-matic repository. Instead of patching the kernel source, extensions are built as modules and thus allow extending kernels without recompilation.
| Tags | iptables Networking Firewall |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | POSIX Linux |
| Implementation | C |
| Translations | English |
Recent releases


Release Notes: Support for Linux 3.9 was added. The iptaccount tool was miscompiled on PPC, which has been fixed.


Release Notes: Support for Linux 3.8 was added.


Release Notes: The 2.x series supports Linux kernels from 3.7 onwards. (For older kernels, use the xtables-addons 1.x series.)


Release Notes: The xt_psd module gained IPv6 support.


Release Notes: This release resolves compile/link errors with the IPv6 TARPIT plugin for Linux kernels older than 2.6.38.