IPTABLES-XML(8)                                                                                                  IPTABLES-XML(8)



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 provided 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  target 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 iptables.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 <azezATufomechanic.net>

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



                                                          Jul 16, 2007                                           IPTABLES-XML(8)