[RELEASE] netlink for netfilter version 1.0.0

[Matthew G. Marsh]

On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, J. Schulist wrote:

> Actually, I could quite easily see the iptables2 command getting merged
> with something like iproute2. Then you would have syntaxes like:
>
> ip conntrack list
> ip tables list filter
> ip route list
> ip link list

This would be Awesome!

> ..etc, all from one command. Granted the iproute2 `ip` command would
> need to support somekind of modular hooks to allow multiple packges to
> install different ip `component` modules.

It actually kind of does. Take a look in the ip subdirectory and note that
most of the "major" commands are independant. In fact with a little
fiddling it is possible to get ip to compile with just one or two major
modules (ala the old iptunnel and ipmroute commands) so I don't see why
not have added extensions. You may want to see what Alexey thinks about
that. I think it would be a great extension.

> J. Schulist

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