Netfilter, iptables, and #Linux developers settle lawsuit against a former contributor who had been unilaterally enforcing GPL for monetary gain. Any enforcement will now require a decision by the then-current community. https://t.co/6Q2944f720
#nftables 1.0.0 is out! https://t.co/tCl14mr8NR the #linux#firewall by #netfilter team, already included in most major distributions, is reaching a new milestone!
Highlights from the big #network merge(¹) for #Linux#kernel 5.12:
* threaded NAPI polling patches, which can improve the performance(²)
* netfilter allows "ownership" of specific tables(³)
* various improvements for multipath TCP (MPTCP), like priorities for subflows(⁴)
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#ipset 7.11 has been released fixing a buffer overflow in the argument parsing of the ipset userspace utility. #netfilter#firewall#security#linux https://t.co/DQAzpw7jSD
We are happy to announce that Phil Sutter (https://t.co/c2U8vuorSr) is joining the #netfilter core team. This is a natural recognition after years of great contributions.
Great presentation on advanced #netfilter based load balancing by Laura Garcia from @zevenet. They have a lot on github: https://t.co/S6blP3kwaS #nfws19