iptables-converter 0.9.10rc1

convert set of iptables-commands to iptables-save format

iptables-converter

iptables-converter: convert iptables to iptables-save format, output comes with [0:0] for iptables-restore -c

ip6tables-converter: convert ip6tables to ip6tables-save format, output comes with [0:0] for ip6tables-restore -c

Source: https://github.com:sl0/conv.git

Version: 0.9.10.rc1

Date: 2017-11-08

Licenses:

• GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3 later

• Apache License Version 2.0

Author: Johannes Hubertz [e-mail]

iptables-converter speeds up loading of iptables-commands by converting them to iptables-save format, and then loading them through iptables-restore is much more quicker than loading the plain commands. The loading itself is not part of iptables-converter.

Usage:

iptables-converter [ -d destination ] [ -s source ] [ --sloppy ]
ip6tables-converter [ -d destination ] [ -s source ] [ --sloppy ]

This assumes that source is a plain ascii-file containing lines starting with iptables to build a firewall ruleset. Lines starting with /sbin/iptables are understood as well. Omitting -s source defaults to reading a file named rules. An optional sloppy parameter makes premature definitions (-N name) of any user defined chains unneccessary, they are defined automatically by first mentioning them. Optionally -d destination writes everything into the given destination file since verstion 0.9.10. Omitting this option results in writing Output to stdout, which is the default behavior. Packet-counters and byte-counters include [0:0] which keeps compatibility to iptables-restore as well as to iptables-restore -c.

ip6tables-converter works for ip6tables just the same way.

Both they work for filter, mangle, nat and raw tables, security tables are not supported for now.

From version 0.9.10 on it works as a python-module using entry-points for easier imports. For your convienience, the module is named iptables_conv.

At travis-ci.org the tests are run automatically, thanks to Guido! To run them locally, please use python:

python setup test

It is tested to work well with python2.7 and python3.5. The tests are done using pytest for easier writing future testcases. Some sphinx documentation is prepared. Debian packages are provided for the binaries and sphinx-documentation. git-buildpackage creates them on the fly. RPMs may be created by python:

setup.py bdist_rpm

Any comments welcome.

Have fun!

Johannes