HP-UX IPFilter Version A.03.05.14 Administrator's Guide

HP-UX IPFilter Utilities
The ipf Utility
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The ipf Utility
The ipf utility performs a broad range of actions on the active and
inactive IPFilter rulesets. You can use ipf to add rules, delete rules,
switch active and inactive rulesets, and flush the existing ruleset from
the system. You can perform other actions with ipf. See the ipf
manpages for more information.
Syntax
ipf <-options> <rules file name>
Options
The following are a few of the common options used with the ipf utility:
-s
Switches the active rules file with the inactive rules file.
-Fa
Flushes all rules in the specified rules file.
-Fi
Flushes only the IN rules in the specified rules file.
-Fo
Flushes only the OUT rules in the specified rules file.
-I
Specifies that the inactive rules file is to be manipulated.
-Z
Zeroes out the TCP Connections counters displayed in the ipfstat
output.