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Linux networking¶

Tools, protocols, and configuration for Linux networking: packet capture and analysis, DNS lookup tools, firewalling and NAT, load balancing, virtual networking, and routing.

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* arptables — arp packet filtering/

* bpf — berkeley packet filter and ebpf/

* changing linux network interface names/

* curl — transfer data with urls/

* delv — dnssec-aware lookup utility/

* dig — dns lookup utility/

* disabling ipv6 on linux/

* dog — modern dns lookup client/

* ebtables — ethernet bridge filtering/

* ethtool — ethernet interface settings and diagnostics/

* finding your public ip address from the command line/

* firewalld — zone-based firewall management/

* flent — network latency-under-load testing/

* fping — ping many hosts at once/

* identifying network interfaces and hardware/

* ip — iproute2 address, route, and link management/

* iperf — network throughput testing/

* ipset — fast ip sets for iptables/

* iptables — linux firewall and nat rules/

* ipvs: a practical guide/

* linux network namespaces: a deep dive/

* linux router/

* linux wireless: cli tools, drivers, and wpa configuration/

* live bandwidth monitors: iftop, nethogs, iptraf-ng, nicstat, ntopng/

* mtr (my traceroute)/

* netcat (nc) — comprehensive field guide/

* netfilter — the linux kernel packet filtering framework/

* nftables — the modern netfilter ruleset framework/

* nmap — comprehensive field guide/

* nmcli — networkmanager command line interface/

* nping — packet crafting and probing tool/

* open vswitch (ovs) — cheat sheet and inspection commands/

* ping — icmp echo connectivity test/

* realtek rtl8125 2.5gbe driver fix on ubuntu server/

* socat — bidirectional data relay/

* ss — socket statistics (and the netstat migration)/

* strongswan — ipsec vpn client with certificates and xauth/

* tcpdump — comprehensive field guide/

* teamd — nic teaming (link aggregation)/

* the linux bridge — software layer-2 switch/

* troubleshooting mtu and jumbo frames/

* ufw — uncomplicated firewall/

* vnstat — long-term traffic accounting/

* wget — non-interactive downloads and mirroring/

* wireshark — gui packet analysis/