Re: Migrating to Debian - which firewall ?
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- Subject: Re: Migrating to Debian - which firewall ?
- From: Kamil Jońca <kjonca@o2.pl>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2026 15:48:49 +0100
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- In-reply-to: <MeVCi-bGX3-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (Alexander V. Makartsev's message of "Mon, 19 Jan 2026 12:30:02 +0100")
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"Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> writes:
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>
> There is also a new kid around called "nft" which should replace
> iptables, but its syntax is super weird and non-intuitive for me, so I
> consider it a downgrade.
I disagree. I was happy iptables user and some time ago I migrated my
rules to nftables. Indeed this is no 1-1 migration, you have to rethink
your rules, but IMO this is more comfortable.
The main difference (IMO) is that most your dynamic logic shoud go to
sets not to the rules itself.
KJ
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