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I want to script some iptables rules only for a specific application like a personal firewall on windows, but the iptables module is not working on multicore CPUs.<br />
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Is there another way?<br />
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Commands like the following are not working on SMP systems: <br />

<pre><code id="code-362406">iptables -A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner 315 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT 
iptables -A OUTPUT -m owner --uid-owner 315 --cmd-owner firefox -p tcp -m multiport \
--dport 80,443 -m state --state NEW -j ACCEPT
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I want to script some iptables rules only for a specific application like a personal firewall on windows, but the iptables module is not working on multicore CPUs.

Is there another way?

Commands like the following are not working on SMP systems: 

iptables rules per user or application

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