xtables-addons (additions for iptables/xtables) Xtables-addons is a set of additional extensions for the Xtables packet filter that is present in the Linux kernel (which is loosely known by its administrative commands iptables/ip6tables/etc.). Xtables-addons succeeds the older patch-o-matic and patch-o-matic-ng packages. Likewise, it contains extensions that were not, or are not yet, accepted in the main kernel/iptables packages. This package builds some kernel modules, so it will need to be rebuilt any time you change kernels.