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IPTABLES-XML(1)			iptables 1.4.21		       IPTABLES-XML(1)

NAME
       iptables-xml — Convert iptables-save format to XML

SYNOPSIS
       iptables-xml [-c] [-v]

DESCRIPTION
       iptables-xml  is	 used  to  convert the output of iptables-save into an
       easily manipulatable XML format to STDOUT.   Use	 I/O-redirection  pro‐
       vided by your shell to write to a file.

       -c, --combine
	      combine  consecutive  rules  with the same matches but different
	      targets. iptables does not currently support more than one  tar‐
	      get  per match, so this simulates that by collecting the targets
	      from consecutive iptables rules into one action  tag,  but  only
	      when  the	 rule  matches are identical. Terminating actions like
	      RETURN, DROP, ACCEPT and QUEUE are not combined with  subsequent
	      targets.

       -v, --verbose
	      Output  xml comments containing the iptables line from which the
	      XML is derived

       iptables-xml does a mechanistic conversion to  a	 very  expressive  xml
       format;	the  only semantic considerations are for -g and -j targets in
       order to discriminate between <call> <goto> and <nane-of-target> as  it
       helps  xml processing scripts if they can tell the difference between a
       target like SNAT and another chain.

       Some sample output is:

       <iptables-rules>
	 <table name="mangle">
	   <chain name="PREROUTING" policy="ACCEPT" packet-count="63436" byte-
       count="7137573">
	     <rule>
	      <conditions>
	       <match>
		 <p>tcp</p>
	       </match>
	       <tcp>
		 <sport>8443</sport>
	       </tcp>
	      </conditions>
	      <actions>
	       <call>
		 <check_ip/>
	       </call>
	       <ACCEPT/>
	      </actions>
	     </rule>
	   </chain>
	 </table> </iptables-rules>

       Conversion from XML to iptables-save format may be done using the ipta‐
       bles.xslt script and xsltproc, or a custom program using libxsltproc or
       similar; in this fashion:

       xsltproc iptables.xslt my-iptables.xml | iptables-restore

BUGS
       None known as of iptables-1.3.7 release

AUTHOR
       Sam Liddicott <azez@ufomechanic.net>

SEE ALSO
       iptables-save(8), iptables-restore(8), iptables(8)

iptables 1.4.21						       IPTABLES-XML(1)
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