iptables-optimizer is licensed under GNU GPLv3 or any later version

Welcome to iptables-optimizer

iptables-optimizer is a shell script to be called by the root user.

It calls some shell functions and a pyhton script to sort the current kernels iptables-chains in relation to the packet counters. Just run it by cron as often as you need it. Sounds crazy? Continue reading, please.

Contents:

• iptables-optimizer - intro
  • shell wrapper
  • python code
• Plausibility
  • Initial Scenario
  • Partitions
  • Exchanged rules
  • Conclusion
• iptables-optimizer-tests.sh - shell tests
  • shunit2
• iptables_optimizer_tests.py - unittests
  • nosetests
  • tox
  • pep 8
• iptables-optimizer - python classes

Indices and tables

• Index
• Module Index
• Search Page