APF(1)

✨ APF(1) — apf, the easy iptables firewall ✨

💖 NAME

okay bestie, so the manual name is apf 🦋, and it's basically an easy iptables based firewall system 🔥

• apf — easy iptables based firewall system

🎀 SYNOPSIS

apf

just type apf and you're in 💅

🌸 DESCRIPTION

okay so this little page briefly documents the apf command 🧚. it was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page 🙈

Advanced Policy Firewall (APF) is an iptables (netfilter) based firewall system 🛡️✨ it's designed around the essential needs of today's Internet deployed servers and the unique needs of custom deployed Linux installations 💜 the configuration is designed to be super informative and present you with an easy to follow process, from top to bottom of the configuration file 📝 day-to-day management happens from the command line with the apf command, which includes detailed usage information and all the features you'd expect from a current and forward thinking firewall solution 👑 it's giving main character energy, ngl 💅

🦋 OPTIONS

apf follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (--) 🫶 here's a summary of the options:

• -s, --start — loads all firewall rules 🚀
• -r, --restart — stops (flushes) & reloads firewall rules 🔄
• -l, --list — lists all firewall rules 📋
• -t, --status — outputs the firewall status log 📜
• -e, --refresh — refreshes & resolves dns names in trust rules 🌈
• -a <HOST CMT>, --allow <HOST COMMENT> — adds a host (IP/FQDN) to allow_hosts.rules and immediately loads the new rule into the firewall 💖
• -d <HOST CMT>, --deny <HOST COMMENT> — adds a host (IP/FQDN) to deny_hosts.rules and immediately loads the new rule into the firewall 🙅‍♀️
• -u <HOST>, --remove <HOST> — removes the host from [glob]*_hosts.rules and immediately removes the rule from the firewall 🗑️
• -o, --ovars — outputs all configuration options 🔍

🌈 COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 1999-2007, R-fx Networks <proj@r-fx.org> Copyright © 2007, Ryan MacDonald <ryan@r-fx.org> This program may be freely redistributed under the terms of the GNU GPL ✨

This manual page was written by Giuseppe Iuculano <giuseppe@iuculano.it>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others) 🎀

bye bestie, this page is from APF(1) with a date of August 17, 2008 🦋💜 go be iconic 👑