Re: [Iptperl-general] Is IPTables::IPv4 Perl module trustable?

[Alex O. <Ale...@ab...>]

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 Negr=E3o wrote:
> Hi guys,
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> My question is exactly the one in the e-mail subject: Is
> IPTables::IPv4
> Perl module trustable?
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> 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:
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> "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."
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> Does someone else already tested it before? Does someone else there
> knows
> its internals?
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> Thanks,
> bruno negr=E3o
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