Malazan Book of the Fallen

I’ve read book one! Maybe I should revisit the series

Did not know this. thanks!

Hear me out. I highly suggest you checkout UFW https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Uncomplicated_Firewall which wraps iptables (or nftables)

When you use UFW and get it working the way you want you can then go look at iptables directly and see how it’s implemented.

I just wanted to mention that I’ve seen your posts and you always seem to be asking insightful questions and creating interesting discussion. Thanks for your contributions!