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Nasty Linux netfilter firewall security hole found

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ZDNet; By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols 		Mail this story
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Behind almost all Linux firewalls tools such as iptables; its newer version, nftables; firewalld; and ufw, is netfilter, which controls access to and from Linux's network stack. It's an essential Linux security program, so when a security hole is found in it, it's a big deal.

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