On 2025-05-26 14:10, Bryan Larsen via linux wrote: > On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 3:31 PM Michael P. Soulier via linux <linux [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org> wrote: > > Don't bother. Jump to nftables. iptables is deprecated. > > A little while ago it looked like bptables (bpf-iptables) was going to > replace nftables for some use cases. Has that fizzled? That's one > reason I never bothered learning nftables -- all three support the > iptables cli and rules, so that seemed the best to learn. (Motivated > reasoning -- I mostly already knew iptables). My understanding was that the iptables library support for nftables syscalls was a transition tool with a limited lifespan. (I think the iptables kernel I/F is deprecated.) > Bryan slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ -- ~\ <hpv.tricolour.ca> <www.TriColour.ca> -- \___ o \@ @ Ride yer bike! Ottawa, ON, CANADA -- Lo_>__M__\\/\%__\\/\% Vote! -- <greenparty.ca>_____GTVS6#790__(*)__(*)________(*)(*)_________________ To unsubscribe send a blank message to linux+unsubscribe [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To get help send a blank message to linux+help [ at ] linux-ottawa [ dot ] org To visit the archives: https://lists.linux-ottawa.org