Package: nftables
Version: 0.9.8-3.1
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
virtually all tools accepting ipv6 addresses use the format defined in RFC
4291 (IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture) section 2.2 (specifically form
3 is what I am talking about).
In fact, the only exception known to me is nftables, which defines its
own format ("Addresses are specified as a host name or as hexadecimal
halfwords separated by colons.").
This makes interoperability between other network tools and nftables
a hassle, as converting from standard IPv6 addressses toi the format
required by nft is quite hard to do e.g. in shell scripts.
I think it would be a very useful improvement if nft used the same IPv6
address format as other tools (in addition to hostnames, of course).
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Debian Release: 11.5
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'stable-debug'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1,
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Foreign Architectures: i386, x32
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Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages nftables depends on:
ii dpkg 1.20.12
ii libc6 2.31-13+deb11u4
ii libedit2 3.1-20191231-2+b1
ii libnftables1 0.9.8-3.1
nftables recommends no packages.
Versions of packages nftables suggests:
pn firewalld <none>
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