iptables
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
2warn against
Nov 24, 2025first mention
Aug 1, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I’ve always made my own routers by using low-power devices running linux with iptables and now NFtables.”
builds own routerson “How to Turn Anything into a Router”
Caveats and dissent
“I find iptables / nftables overly complex and counterintuitive for most "daily driver" firewall purposes”
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
- How to Turn Anything into a Router 2 mentions
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- I Cannot SSH into My Server Anymore (and That's Fine) 1 mention
- I got hacked: My Hetzner server started mining Monero 1 mention
- Moving from OpenBSD to FreeBSD for firewalls 1 mention
Data: iptables.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“I find iptables / nftables overly complex and counterintuitive for most "daily driver" firewall purposes”
“run dozens of services on it besides the firewall/NAT (iptables)”
“I’ve always made my own routers by using low-power devices running linux with iptables and now NFtables.”
“iptables is using new netfilter (I'm not using iptables-legacy)”
“As a user of iptables this order makes me anxious.”
“I never liked iptables”