Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> The kernel also forbids ".". > > My first thought was the same, but: > > a) Interestingly, it does not prohibit '.' > > ip tunnel add foo0.3 mode sit local 1.2.3.4 remote 5.6.7.8 > > b) The '.' is to be seen as valid as far as xtables.c goes, so > as to match VLAN interfaces. Ah of course, its only invalid at the beginning of the name. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter-devel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html