Ipitables command

General Discussion
#1

Hi,
in iptables i wrote some rule. Is it possible to start/stop/restart iptables?

for example with command: iptables stop

Thank you

#2

iptables is a command it’s not a service that can start/stop/restart

#3

Yes you are right, but if I write: iptables -t nat -A PREROUTING -p tcp --dport 22 -j DNAT --to-destination 10.8.0.08:22

Immediatly after this rule work fine. So I presume that there is a system that permitt to work. How Can I stop this system?

Thank you

#4

yes the rule is getting activate asap. You just can remove it. There is nothing to stop. You would need to remove the rule if not needed anymore.