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From: Max Kellermann <max@duempel.org>
To: Gingold Tomasz <tomasz.gingold@siemens.com>
Cc: "'netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org'"
	<netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org>
Subject: Re: Writing new Netfilter Modules
Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 13:06:32 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050524110632.GA4178@roonstrasse.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6B6D4D4E2ED1D6119DB80000D11D813EB4CA6F@blns203e.bln.icn.siemens.de>

On 2005/05/24 12:58, Gingold Tomasz <tomasz.gingold@siemens.com> wrote:
> Up to now i have found the "Linux netfilter Hacking HOWTO", especially
> chapter 4 "Information for Programmers.
> Is this the only help i can obtain?

afaik, yes. Use the source, Luke ;) - reading the source of simple
netfilter modules may give you an idea how to start.

> Another question: I have found on www.netfilter.org
> <www.netfilter.org> the following statement: "netfilter and iptables
> are building blocks of a framework inside the Linux
> <http://www.kernel.org/> 2.4.x and 2.6.x kernel" Does this mean,
> that netfilter and iptables are part of the kernel and don´t have to
> be installed?

iptables is the userspace frontend for netfilter (i.e. it's not part
of the kernel), and needs to be installed. Netfilter itself is
compiled into the kernel.

Max

  parent reply	other threads:[~2005-05-24 11:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-24 10:58 Writing new Netfilter Modules Gingold Tomasz
2002-05-26 22:08 ` Chris Lowth
2005-05-24 11:06 ` Max Kellermann [this message]
2005-06-02 17:17 ` Hadrien HAMEL
2005-06-03  8:45   ` Kenneth Porter

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