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		nailer on March 11, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: eBPF Documentary Out of interest - it's a while since I've done infra work - is iptables still around? Is it rewritten to be based on eBPF now? Do people just make .bt or .py files that call eBPF instead to implement packet filtering?

suprjami on March 12, 2024 [–]

No, iptables is dead and the interface to netfilter is nftables.

nailer on March 12, 2024 | [–]

Thanks. Does nftables use eBPF?

suprjami on March 12, 2024 | | [–]

No

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