The iptables/xtables framework has been replaced by nftables. You should
 consider migrating now.
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 This package contains the user-space iptables (IPv4) C library from the
 Netfilter xtables framework.
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 iptables IPv4 ruleset ADT and kernel interface.
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 This library has been considered private for years (and still is), in the
 sense of changing symbols and backward compatibility not guaranteed.