netfilter buglog - Apr 2006 - [Bug 468] There is no real documentation for knowing how to configure the kernel for iptables

https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=468


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------- Additional Comments From netfilter@linuxace.com  2006-04-11 03:11 MET
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Patches welcomed to fix your noted shortcomings...this is open source after all
:)

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------- Additional Comments From netfilter@linuxace.com  2006-04-11 03:11 MET
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Patches welcomed to fix your noted shortcomings...this is open source after all
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------- Additional Comments From netfilter@linuxace.com  2006-04-15 19:32 MET
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Harald stated quite eloquently in a recent email thread on netfilter-devel:

"A volunteer project lives from contributions by volunteers.

The netfilter core team is mostly busy with development tasks and with
keeping the project running.  There's no time left for any kind of
documentation, I fear.
...
Unless we see more people volunteering in the area of documentation, I
don't think this is going to change, sorry."


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------- Additional Comments From netfilter@linuxace.com  2006-04-15 19:32 MET
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Harald stated quite eloquently in a recent email thread on netfilter-devel:

"A volunteer project lives from contributions by volunteers.

The netfilter core team is mostly busy with development tasks and with
keeping the project running.  There's no time left for any kind of
documentation, I fear.
...
Unless we see more people volunteering in the area of documentation, I
don't think this is going to change, sorry."


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------- Additional Comments From mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu  2006-04-15 21:58 MET
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That's hardly a resolution. I think the bug should remain open until
it's
resolved for real.

I think the development team should consider putting the project on hiatus and
work on the documentation for a bit. The world won't come to an end if there
are
no iptables releases for a few months or so (critical and security-related bugs,
notwithstanding, of course).

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------- Additional Comments From mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu  2006-04-15 21:58 MET
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That's hardly a resolution. I think the bug should remain open until
it's
resolved for real.

I think the development team should consider putting the project on hiatus and
work on the documentation for a bit. The world won't come to an end if there
are
no iptables releases for a few months or so (critical and security-related bugs,
notwithstanding, of course).

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------- Additional Comments From netfilter@linuxace.com  2006-04-16 00:03 MET
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You are of course welcome to your opinion, but it is better expressed by sending
an email to the developers via the netfilter-devel mailing list...not bugzilla.

If there is a _BUG_ in the existing documentation, feel free to point it out
and/or send in a patch.  Bugzilla is not a complaint department for your
perceived documentation inadequacies.

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------- Additional Comments From netfilter@linuxace.com  2006-04-16 00:03 MET
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You are of course welcome to your opinion, but it is better expressed by sending
an email to the developers via the netfilter-devel mailing list...not bugzilla.

If there is a _BUG_ in the existing documentation, feel free to point it out
and/or send in a patch.  Bugzilla is not a complaint department for your
perceived documentation inadequacies.

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------- Additional Comments From mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu  2006-04-21 08:48 MET
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You want a documentation bug, you got one.

Turns out there is a module called xt_tcpudp. It's necessary for netfilter
to
work, but there's no way to even know it even exists since there's not
config
option for it and it doesn't load on its own. Not having it results in the
"bug"
I posted at 

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------- Additional Comments From mvolaski@aecom.yu.edu  2006-04-21 08:48 MET
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You want a documentation bug, you got one.

Turns out there is a module called xt_tcpudp. It's necessary for netfilter
to
work, but there's no way to even know it even exists since there's not
config
option for it and it doesn't load on its own. Not having it results in the
"bug"
I posted at 

https://bugzilla.netfilter.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=467

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------- Additional Comments From laforge@netfilter.org  2006-04-21 13:37 MET
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It very much loads on it's own on any system that I have (and that's
many).
There must be something wrong with your configuration of the kernel module
loading system. 

what does 'modinfo xt_tcpudp' tell you?

It should clearly tell you that it is aliased as 'ip{6}t_{tcp,udp}',
which means
that 'modprobe ipt_tcp' should load it, which in turn is what the
iptables
userspace program tries to do when you use '-p tcp' in one of your
rulesets.

Also, please stop posting this to this bugzilla entry, since it is not really
related.  We've never had individual documentation for kernel modules that
get
automatically loaded, and I think it's stupid to have it.


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------- Additional Comments From laforge@netfilter.org  2006-04-21 13:37 MET
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It very much loads on it's own on any system that I have (and that's
many).
There must be something wrong with your configuration of the kernel module
loading system. 

what does 'modinfo xt_tcpudp' tell you?

It should clearly tell you that it is aliased as 'ip{6}t_{tcp,udp}',
which means
that 'modprobe ipt_tcp' should load it, which in turn is what the
iptables
userspace program tries to do when you use '-p tcp' in one of your
rulesets.

Also, please stop posting this to this bugzilla entry, since it is not really
related.  We've never had individual documentation for kernel modules that
get
automatically loaded, and I think it's stupid to have it.


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------- Additional Comments From netfilter@linuxace.com  2006-05-09 23:43 MET
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Closing for third time...

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------- Additional Comments From netfilter@linuxace.com  2006-05-09 23:43 MET
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Closing for third time...

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