Start here perhaps? https://wiki.debian.org/nftables
It should be relatively straightforward to move backward and forwards. Working as a systemd service means that it will start automatically if you're using systemd. [When in doubt, check the Debian wiki for a topic - if that's no good, have a quick look at the Arch Linux wiki - as folk who build from source, they're good at documenting how things work. All best, as ever, Andy C. On Mon, Aug 24, 2020 at 8:15 PM deloptes <delop...@gmail.com> wrote: > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > At the present time I have around 80 rules, all designed to deny the > > network spiders and bots that think they have to mirror my several > > giga-byte site, 2 or 3 times a day. And that was eating up my bandwidth > > allocation on a slow net connection. > > > > Is there a tut someplace to guide one in converting from iptables to this > > newer nftables? I'm assumeing its a similar utility. > > Sure, but I have not looked into ... I only read there will be a couple of > years transition period and somehow a compatibility layer is or can be > used. > > Perhaps someone more in this can gives us a detail or a hint to a good > tutorial > >
