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+This role configures iptables rules in /etc/iptables/rules.v{4,6} to be used by
+iptables-persistent.
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+I found it easier and more flexible to configure a firewall this way; for
+example, I found that cloud provider's firewalls are often less flexible.
+iptables frontends like ufw, on the other hand, are hard to make work with
+Docker.