How to install Iptables on CentOS 7 - e learning

CentOS 7 and RHEL 7 don't come with internet protocoltables.It uses a full functional firewall system.Since I switched to CentOS 7, I couldn't stop using iptables, it's capability from the very first, and I have been a big fan of it.I had to stop firewalling and start using the rules I used before in my CentOS 7 installation.There is a small How To guide on how to install Iptables from a CentOS 7 or RHEL 7 variant.

You need to download and install the package from the repo.It is not installed automatically on CentOS 7.The following command is needed to do that.

After the package is installed, you can stop the firewall and start the internet.Conflicts can be created by keeping both kind of network filters.To do that, run the following.

The service command option is no longer available in CentOS 7.To get the status, use the following.

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