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authorPhil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>2023-05-05 20:04:41 +0200
committerPhil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>2023-08-11 15:56:38 +0200
commit11c464ed015b52a28d90c63c69e10e5f7d4053d4 (patch)
tree5c2d3bd5a627720284e609dd966ff94246847ac8 /iptables/arptables-nft-restore.8
parentca709b5784c982de12d6eab361cfc9c900aec4c7 (diff)
Add --compat option to *tables-nft and *-nft-restore commands
The flag sets nft_handle::compat boolean, indicating a compatible rule implementation is wanted. Users expecting their created rules to be fetched from kernel by an older version of *tables-nft may use this to avoid potential compatibility issues. Changes since v1: - Expect short option '-C' in {ip,ip6,eb}tables-nft-restore command line parser - Support -C/--compat in arptables-nft-restore, too - Update man pages with the new flag Signed-off-by: Phil Sutter <phil@nwl.cc>
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.SH NAME
arptables-restore \- Restore ARP Tables (nft-based)
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBarptables\-restore
+.BR arptables\-restore " [" --compat ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.PP
.B arptables-restore
is used to restore ARP Tables from data specified on STDIN or
via a file as first argument.
-Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file
-.TP
+Use I/O redirection provided by your shell to read from a file.
+.P
.B arptables-restore
flushes (deletes) all previous contents of the respective ARP Table.
+.TP
+.BR -C , " --compat"
+Create rules in a mostly compatible way, enabling older versions of
+\fBarptables\-nft\fP to correctly parse the rules received from kernel. This
+mode is only useful in very specific situations and will likely impact packet
+filtering performance.
+
.SH AUTHOR
Jesper Dangaard Brouer <brouer@redhat.com>
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBarptables\-save\fP(8), \fBarptables\fP(8)
-.PP