netdev - Re: [RFD] iptables: mangle table obsoletes filter table

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Date:	Sat, 13 Oct 2007 01:02:24 +0200
From:	Patrick McHardy <kaber@...sh.net>
To:	Al Boldi <a1426z@...ab.com>
CC:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...putergmbh.de>,
	Netfilter Developer Mailing List 
	<netfilter-devel@...r.kernel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-net@...r.kernel.org,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [RFD] iptables:  mangle table obsoletes filter table

Al Boldi wrote:
> Patrick McHardy wrote:
>   
>> The netlink based iptables successor I'm currently working on allows to
>> dynamically create tables with user-specified priorities and "built-in"
>> chains. The only built-in tables will be those that need extra
>> processing (mangle/nat). So it should be possible to set up tables
>> basically any way you desire.
>>     
>
> Wow!  How soon can we expect this to surface on mainline?

I can't tell at this point, there's still too much work to do
for a realistic estimate. I'll post patches to netfilter-devel
as soon as its good enough for some real testing.

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