Re: new code; iptables-xml for iptables package.

[Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>]

Amin Azez wrote:
> (I hope these can be added to the standard iptables package)
> 
> Here is iptables-xml based on iptables-restore (as it knows how to parse
> iptables-save format), along with some xslt that converts back to
> iptables-save format.
> 
> A typical null use would be:
> 
>   iptables-save -c | iptables-xml -c | xsltproc iptables.xslt -

Just a wild thought, why not go further and provide a native XML 
interface instead of a converter?

BTW, could you also provide a DTD (Document Type Definition)? It can be 
interesting to check for well-formed documents.

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