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| From | Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: What is the best practice for a firewall for Debian Buster: iptables or nftables? |
| Date | 2020-06-20 21:40 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <AjRvj-3o2-5@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <AjMFj-xu-1@gated-at.bofh.it> <AjNUJ-1cD-3@gated-at.bofh.it> |
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On Sat, Jun 20, 2020 at 10:48 <l0f4r0@tuta.io> wrote: > Hi, > ... > Actually, as explained on https://wiki.debian.org/nftables, Buster uses > an "iptables-nft layer (i.e, using iptables syntax with the nf_tables > kernel subsystem). This also affects ip6tables, arptables and ebtables." ... Oops, my bad. ... > You decide. iptables is being progressively superseded by nftables. > However, the former is still heavily used. > nftables is the future, that's why I've chosen it. ... I have no love for iptables and very little experience with it. So it seems I should remove the iptables package and install the nftables one. And I'll look into firewalld which I tried briefly some years ago. Thanks so much. Cheers! -Tom
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Re: What is the best practice for a firewall for Debian Buster: iptables or nftables? Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-06-20 21:40 +0200
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