1 libnfnetlink - userspace library for handling of netfilter netlink messages 2 (C) 2001-2005 Netfilter Core Team <coreteam (a] netfilter.org> 3 =========================================================================== 4 5 What is nfnetlink? 6 7 nfnetlink is a netlink(7) based kernel/userspace transport layer. It 8 provides a unified kernel/userspace interface for the various netfilter 9 subsystems, such as connection tracking, logging and queueing. 10 11 12 What is libnfnetlink? 13 14 libnfnetlink is a userspace library that provides some low-level 15 nfnetlink handling functions. It is used as a foundation for other, netfilter 16 subsystem specific libraries such as libnfnetlink_conntrack, libnfnetlink_log 17 and libnfnetlink_queue. 18 19 20 Prerequirements for libnfnetlink 21 22 You will need kernel headers from a kernel that has nfnetlink support. The 23 first official kernel release to include nfnetlink support is 2.6.14. 24 You can specify the location of your kernel sources using the "--with-kernel=" 25 configure option. 26 27 28 Where can I find documentation? 29 30 At the moment, you will have to RTFS. Sorry, but we have barely enough 31 manpower to keep development ongoing. If you want to conribute documentation, 32 please contact us. 33 34 35 It has bugs. Where do I report them? 36 37 Please report all libnfnetlink bugs to https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/, using 38 the "libnfnetlink" Product. 39 40 41 License 42 43 This library is released under GPLv2+. 44 45 46 Where do I get support? 47 48 The netfilter (a] lists.netfilter.org and netfilter-devel (a] lists.netfilter.org 49 mailinglists server as support forum. 50 51
