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From: "" <kfm@plushkava.net>
To: Amish <anon.amish@gmail.com>, netfilter@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: when will nftables have ability to delete matching rule like iptables?
Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2021 15:24:22 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <0a56115b-e5aa-81a9-2b69-3cd5d11609c9@plushkava.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d27a2a67-6739-6ade-d822-bbefd9c8bcd4@gmail.com>

On 08/03/2021 13:14, Amish wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have few programs that currently use iptables to add / delete firewall 
> rules.
> 
> I have been waiting to migrate to nftables from 3-4 years. (I do not 
> want to use nft based iptables)
> 
> But roadblock for me is inability of nftables to delete a matching rule. 
> (similart to iptables -D INPUT -s 192.168.1.10 -j ACCEPT)
> 
> Obtaining the handle first and then deleting is difficult programmatically.
> 
> Have I missed any easy way out here?

Assuming that "-D INPUT -s 192.168.1.10 -j ACCEPT" is indicative of the 
rules that are being added and removed, the easy way would be to 
manipulate a set rather than a chain. That also goes for iptables, given 
the existence of ipset.

-- 
Kerin Millar

  reply	other threads:[~2021-03-08 15:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-03-08 13:14 when will nftables have ability to delete matching rule like iptables? Amish
2021-03-08 15:24 ` kfm [this message]
2021-03-08 22:46   ` Amish V

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