Re: [PATCH RFC 0/4] net: add bpfilter

Hi David,

On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:13:35AM -0500, David Miller wrote:

Florian, first of all, the whole "change the iptables binary" idea is
a non-starter.  For the many reasons I have described in the various
postings I have made today.

It is entirely impractical.

Why is it practical to replace your kernel but not practical to replace
a small userspace tool running on top of it?

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