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1libnfnetlink - userspace library for handling of netfilter netlink messages
2(C) 2001-2005 Netfilter Core Team <coreteam@netfilter.org>
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4
5What is nfnetlink?
6
7nfnetlink is a netlink(7) based kernel/userspace transport layer.  It
8provides a unified kernel/userspace interface for the various netfilter
9subsystems, such as connection tracking, logging and queueing.
10
11
12What is libnfnetlink?
13
14libnfnetlink is a userspace library that provides some low-level
15nfnetlink handling functions.  It is used as a foundation for other, netfilter
16subsystem specific libraries such as libnfnetlink_conntrack, libnfnetlink_log
17and libnfnetlink_queue.
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19
20Prerequirements for libnfnetlink
21
22You will need kernel headers from a kernel that has nfnetlink support.  The
23first official kernel release to include nfnetlink support is 2.6.14.
24You can specify the location of your kernel sources using the "--with-kernel="
25configure option.
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28Where can I find documentation?
29
30At the moment, you will have to RTFS.  Sorry, but we have barely enough
31manpower to keep development ongoing.  If you want to conribute documentation,
32please contact us.
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34
35It has bugs.  Where do I report them?
36
37Please report all libnfnetlink bugs to https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/, using
38the "libnfnetlink" Product.
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40
41License
42
43This library is released under GPLv2+.
44
45
46Where do I get support?
47
48The netfilter@lists.netfilter.org and netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org
49mailinglists server as support forum.
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