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{{Warning}}It is recommended that you test your firewall before enabling it at boot time. An incorrectly configured firewall can lock you out of your machine.<syntaxhighlight lang="console">
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</syntaxhighlight>It the script output `update-rc.d: error: nftables Default-Start contains no runlevels, aborting.`, don’t worry. The firewall is correctly enabled in systemd. This is bug [https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=804648 #804648].
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Revision as of 14:02, 27 March 2016

nftables is the new firewall of the linux kernel.

Prerequisite

It is recommended to install the kernel from Jessie Backports.

Install

# apt install nftables

Enable

Warning Warning: It is recommended that you test your firewall before enabling it at boot time. An incorrectly configured firewall can lock you out of your machine.

# systemctl enable nftables

It the script output `update-rc.d: error: nftables Default-Start contains no runlevels, aborting.`, don’t worry. The firewall is correctly enabled in systemd. This is bug #804648.