libnfnetlink - userspace library for handling of netfilter netlink messages (C) 2001-2005 Netfilter Core Team =========================================================================== What is nfnetlink? nfnetlink is a netlink(7) based kernel/userspace transport layer. It provides a unified kernel/userspace interface for the various netfilter subsystems, such as connection tracking, logging and queueing. What is libnfnetlink? libnfnetlink is a userspace library that provides some low-level nfnetlink handling functions. It is used as a foundation for other, netfilter subsystem specific libraries such as libnfnetlink_conntrack, libnfnetlink_log and libnfnetlink_queue. Prerequirements for libnfnetlink You will need kernel headers from a kernel that has nfnetlink support. The first official kernel release to include nfnetlink support is 2.6.14. You can specify the location of your kernel sources using the "--with-kernel=" configure option. Where can I find documentation? At the moment, you will have to RTFS. Sorry, but we have barely enough manpower to keep development ongoing. If you want to conribute documentation, please contact us. It has bugs. Where do I report them? Please report all libnfnetlink bugs to https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/, using the "libnfnetlink" Product. Where do I get support? The netfilter@lists.netfilter.org and netfilter-devel@lists.netfilter.org mailinglists server as support forum.