iptables

[Anthony Alex]

I would like to understand how the iptables work, can
someone recommend a good book for a newbie for this
topic? I mean from the ground up ?  

Unlike Windows, Linux can vary from system to system
due the numerious distributions out there. Question
pertaining to this, due to the fact that linux can be
customized to one's need's,  the original identity of
the system can be sometimes totally lost. Is there a
way to find out,  what the original distribution was,
before it was mangled ?

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