Latest iptables, xtables, ipset for Ubuntu

By using Ubuntu 10.04 I am stuck with old versions of iptables, xtables and ipset (the latter is very old!) Is there a solution? Yes of course, I could compile those applications myself, but I prefer to have .deb packages managed by the good old dpkg. 

IPTables

With the method descibed in this post we can get the latest version of iptables (currently 1.4.10), but what about xtables or ipset?

Get that package!

Another quick 'howto' in order to pull the latest packages from the Ubuntu repositories. This is because chances are you want a fairly recent release of some package but the one for your release is like 200 years old (and there's nothing in backports.)

My problem is that I do not want to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu release. I am running Lucid servers and I want to stay with a LTS release on them (I will make the jump when 12.04 LTS will come out). So if I need something new/recent/updated I have two choices:

1. Compile it myself.
2. See if Maverick or Natty have a more recent release (maybe the one I am after.)