Re: [Shorewall-users] NFTables on the roadmap?

[Tom E. <te...@sh...>]

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On 10/31/2016 10:44 AM, Ob Noxious wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> You probably already know most of its contents but here's a nice 
> introduction to NFTables:
> 
> http://developers.redhat.com/blog/2016/10/28/what-comes-after-iptables-its-successor-of-course-nftables/
>
>  Is there any plan in the future to switch to it?
> 
> I ask because it's now quite widely available, since kernel 3.13,
> in most distros and the benefits are huge.
> 

The design of Shorewall is inexorably linked to that of iptables. So
there are no plans to implement nftables support. That must be an
entirely new product, and at the age of 71, I have no interest in
taking on such a large project.

- -Tom
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