How is the ip_conntrack module loaded?

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In Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the Netfilter/iptables firewall is managed by a service script in /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables.

The ip_conntrack kernel module, along with other kernel helper modules for Netfilter/iptables are loaded automatically when the script runs iptable-restore when it is started or restarted. Depending on the types of rules in the ...

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