Developing own utils based on libipset

Developing own utils based on libipset

[Daniel Fiala]

Hello.
I would need to perform some manipulations with IPSet tables
from my own application written in C. 
It seems that I understand the interface and can successfully use it.
But is it safe and can I rely on the library interface, or can it change
significantly in the near future?

Thanks,
Daniel Fiala

Re: Developing own utils based on libipset

[Jozsef Kadlecsik]

On Mon, 23 Sep 2013, Daniel Fiala wrote:

> I would need to perform some manipulations with IPSet tables from my own 
> application written in C. It seems that I understand the interface and 
> can successfully use it. But is it safe and can I rely on the library 
> interface, or can it change significantly in the near future?

The library evolves as ipset itself does, see the different versions in 
lib/libipset.map. Significant change in the API may be required if 
there'll be a need to change the kernel-userspace communication protocol 
and that'll mean a bumped IPSET_PROTOCOL. There's no such plan presently.

Best regards,
Jozsef
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