Iptables places rules into predefined chains (INPUT, OUTPUT and FORWARD) that are checked against any network traffic (IP packets) relevant to those chains and a decision is made about what to do with each packet based upon the outcome of those rules, i.e. accepting or dropping the packet.
Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the sixth largest city in the Midwest. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had an estimated population of 475,378 in 2015, making it the 36th largest city by population in the United States. It is the anchor city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the KansasâMissouri border.
It is the 37thâlargest city by population in the United States and the 23rdâlargest by area. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which spans the Kansas âMissouri border. It was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west.