How to enable IP forwarding on Linux (IPv4 / IPv6)

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本文详细指导如何在Linux系统中临时和永久启用IP转发功能，包括检查当前状态、修改/proc文件临时激活、配置sysctl.conf实现永久更改，并适用于IPv4和IPv6。适合设置路由器、服务器或进行网络中间人攻击的场景。

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How to enable IP forwarding on Linux (IPv4 / IPv6)?
Tutorials / October 21, 2020
Introduction
IP forwarding is the ability for an operating system to accept incoming network packets on one interface, identifying that it is not meant for the system itself, but it should be forwarded on to another network, and then onwards accordingly.

By default, any latest Linux distributions will have IP Forwarding disabled. Thus, it is a good idea, as many users will not need IP Forwarding, but, What if we are setting up a Linux router/gateway or a VPN server or simply a plain dial-in server then we must need to enable forwarding.

IP Forwarding Overview
In this tutorial we will see how to enable IP forwarding on Linux, it is a fairly simple procedure and we will learn how to make this temporary or permanent on the system. IP forwarding enables an operating system (here on Linux) to forward packets as a router does or more generally to route them through othe