From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ganesha.gnumonks.org ([213.95.27.120]:34388 "EHLO ganesha.gnumonks.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752681AbeBSPaH (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2018 10:30:07 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 16:27:46 +0100 From: Harald Welte To: David Miller Cc: fw@strlen.de, daniel@iogearbox.net, netdev@vger.kernel.org, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org, alexei.starovoitov@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC 0/4] net: add bpfilter Message-ID: <20180219152746.GH5490@nataraja> References: <5a7f90b2-9613-3e98-39da-215db230b2f0@iogearbox.net> <20180219.100051.1763083913140481624.davem@davemloft.net> <20180219145935.GE6333@breakpoint.cc> <20180219.101335.8419642951000951.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180219.101335.8419642951000951.davem@davemloft.net> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi David, On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:13:35AM -0500, David Miller wrote: > Florian, first of all, the whole "change the iptables binary" idea is > a non-starter. For the many reasons I have described in the various > postings I have made today. > > It is entirely impractical. Why is it practical to replace your kernel but not practical to replace a small userspace tool running on top of it? -- - Harald Welte http://laforge.gnumonks.org/ ============================================================================ "Privacy in residential applications is a desirable marketing option." (ETSI EN 300 175-7 Ch. A6)