Hi, We are using it already for a long time and on many systems and it works well (for us). Thanks to Derek for this Regards alex On Sat, 2004-07-24 at 01:34, Bruno Negrão wrote: > Hi guys, > > My question is exactly the one in the e-mail subject: Is > IPTables::IPv4 > Perl module trustable? > > This module is a perl interface to the 'libiptc' library, written by, > Derrik Pates. I'd like to use it in an application. > But I read in netfilter's FAQ the following: > > "4.5 Is there an C/C++ API for adding/removing rules? > The answer unfortunately is: No. > Now you might think 'but what about libiptc?'. As has been pointed out > numerous times on the mailinglist(s), libiptc was _NEVER_ meant to be > used > as a public interface. We don't guarantee a stable interface, and it > is > planned to remove it in the next incarnation of linux packet > filtering. > libiptc is way too low-layer to be used reasonably anyway. > We are well aware that there is a fundamental lack for such an API, > and we > are working on improving that situation. Until then, it is recommended > to > either use system() or open a pipe into stdin of iptables-restore. The > latter will give you a way better performance." > > Does someone else already tested it before? Does someone else there > knows > its internals? > > Thanks, > bruno negrão > -- aXs GUARD has completed security and anti-virus checks on this e-mail (http://www.axsguard.com)
