Re: Question regarding iptables-nftables compatibility layer with libiptc

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Thanks, should have read the FAQ before asking...

Is there a clean way to notify a kernel module whenever an iptables
rule changes (e.g. without nftables / in kernels <3.13) ?

Best Regards,

Tomer

On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 15, 2014 at 04:33:59PM +0200, Tomer Eliyahu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Regarding applications which use libiptc directly, such as openwrt's
>> firewall package - does the iptables-nftables compatibility layer
>> support translating libiptc calls to nftables calls?
>
> No.
>
>> If not - is there any plan to add such support or should every such
>> application be upgraded for nftables support?
>
> No plans to support that. Unfortunately that library was not ever
> intended to be a public library:
>
> http://www.netfilter.org/documentation/FAQ/netfilter-faq-4.html#ss4.5
>
> The official public interface so far is iptables-restore.
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