Buster, Supermicro desktop, nft noob Can anyone recommend a book or website with a thorough explanation of nft (the iptables replacement)?
I'm working on rewriting my aged packet filter shell script (big and from the ipchains days) with nft and python. I've spent several hours on the web, and I've found lots of info about nft, but nowhere have I come across a plain and straightforward explanation -- lots of 'how nft is a huge improvement over iptables', but very little about why or what things mean or what's necessary to make things happen. So far, the best I've been able to do is just change the commands in examples and test them to see what happens. Like, for one example: What's a 'base chain', what's not, why do both exist, what's the functional difference, what do the various components of the command line mean, etc. -- Glenn English
