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Le 21/03/2018 à 16:15, David Miller a écrit :
> From: David Ahern <dsahern@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 09:00:09 -0600
> 
>> The rule->proto value is not used as a selector. It is passed in, stored
>> on a rule and returned to userspace. It is book keeping only so an admin
>> has some idea of which program installed the rule.
> 
> This is how I understand this value to work as well.
> 
Me too, and it's the reason why I propose to rename it, to make this clear.
'originator' is a lot more explicit than 'proto'.