From: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
To: Arturo Borrero Gonzalez <arturo@netfilter.org>
Cc: Phil Sutter <phil@netfilter.org>,
netfilter-devel <netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] iptables 1.8.9 release
Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2023 08:13:42 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Y8Onpi8LqsWIX06f@salvia> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <e0357e53-8eda-9d9d-d1d6-4f8669759181@netfilter.org>
Hi Arturo,
On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 10:18:56PM +0100, Arturo Borrero Gonzalez wrote:
> On 1/12/23 12:20, Phil Sutter wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > The Netfilter project proudly presents:
> >
> > iptables 1.8.9
> >
>
> Hi Phil,
>
> thanks for the release!
>
> I see the tarball includes now a etc/xtables.conf file [0]. Could you please clarify the expected usage of this file?
>
> Do we intend users to have this in their systems? If so, what for.
> It appears to be in nftables native format, so who or what mechanisms would be responsible for reading it in a system that
> has no nftables installed?
>
> Perhaps the file is only useful for development purposes?
I think this file just slipped through while enabling `make distcheck'
in a recent update, but let's wait for Phil to confirm this.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-01-15 7:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2023-01-12 11:20 [ANNOUNCE] iptables 1.8.9 release Phil Sutter
2023-01-14 21:18 ` Arturo Borrero Gonzalez
2023-01-15 7:13 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso [this message]
2023-01-15 22:07 ` Phil Sutter
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