
iptables: The two variants and their relationship with nftables
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8, the userspace utility program iptables
has a close relationship to its successor, nftables
. The association between the two utilities is subtle, which has led to confusion among Linux users and developers. In this article, I attempt to clarify the relationship between the two variants of iptables
and its successor program, nftables
.
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