iptables-restore − Restore IP Tables
iptables-restore [-c] [-n]
iptables-restore
is used to restore IP Tables from data specified on STDIN.
Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a
file
−c, −−counters
restore the values of all packet and byte counters
−n, −−noflush
don’t flush the previous contents of the table. If not specified, iptables-restore flushes (deletes) all previous contents of the respective IP Table.
None known as of iptables-1.2.1 release
Harald Welte <laforge [AT] gnumonks.org>
The iptables-HOWTO, which details more iptables usage, the NAT-HOWTO, which details NAT, and the netfilter-hacking-HOWTO which details the internals.