Re: xtables2 a8, netlink interface

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On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:33 AM, Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Friday 2012-01-20 01:56, Stephen Hemminger wrote:
>>>
>>> So here is the first set of patches implementing part of the xt2 core
>>> and nfnl interface. Please review, I am sure you will have something
>>> to say :)
>>>
>>> The userspace part is at git://dev.medozas.de/libnetfilter_xtables,
>>> the xtnl-test program compiled as part of the default make target
>>> gives access to the kernel functions implemented by the patches.
>>
>>Does it allow for watching for iptables changes (notifications),
>>similar to what is done for link, address, and qdisc changes?
>
> It certainly does not look like a big deal to write it, so yes, I
> had that on my list of things to add. (Even though I could not come up
> with a usecase for that feature myself yet.)

My use case would be for a routing daemon to detect when nat was present on
an interface, so as to not advertise invalid routes.

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