On Monday 24 August 2020 17:03:13 Andrew Cater wrote: > 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.
As always. good advice, thanks Andy. > 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 Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
