ctnetlink attributes [was: Re: [PATCH 1/2] updates for [nf|ct]netlink and event API]

[Harald Welte]

On Mon, Jul 11, 2005 at 06:50:20PM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> >I'm interested in adding MAC addr attributes and CTA_TUPLE_MAC; not just
> >because of my fixation with MAC addresses but also to use conntrack to
> >record flow data for non IP-related protocols.
> 
> Can't this be done with ebtables?
> 
> On another note, how about bringing ebt and ipt closer together, maybe merge 
> them?

yes, the good old pkttables idea.  Unfortunately the ever growing number
of gpl infringing companies keeps me from tackling this rater large
project :(

-- 
- Harald Welte <laforge at netfilter.org>                 http://netfilter.org/
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  "Fragmentation is like classful addressing -- an interesting early
   architectural error that shows how much experimentation was going
   on while IP was being designed."                    -- Paul Vixie
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