Re: Starting point in netfilter development

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Quentin Headen <qheaden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  Florian Westphal <fw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > nftables is currently under active development; f.e. you could
> > add one of the missing iptables extensions such as hashlimit
> > or nfacct.
> 
> Working on hashlimit for nftables sounds interesting.

Its not very beginner-friendly though.
nfacct *might* be a bit simpler.

Maybe someone else has a better idea.

> > nf.git and nf-next.git from kernel.org. git.netfilter.org
> > mostly hosts the userspace tools like iptables/nftables
> > and the associated libraries.
> 
> So to work on hashlimit functionality for nftables, I'm guessing I
> would need to work with the code found on git.netfilter.org? Would it
> be mostly a userspace coding experience?

Yes, most of the functionality should be in userspace, but it
would need kernel support as well.
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