Re: xtables2 a8, netlink interface

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On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:23:54 +0100
Dave Taht <dave.taht@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.

Our use case is to control an external dataplane.
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