nftables

Firewallnftables

Linux kernel packet classification framework whose base chains default to an accept policy.

Provider
default
Category
Security
Properties · 4 set by this component
propertytypevaluesrequiredkind defaultthis component
defaultActionenumallow | denyno—▸ allow
family · component propertyenumip | ip6 | inet | arp | bridge | netdevnoinetinherited
hook · component propertyenumprerouting | input | forward | output | postroutingnoinputinherited
intrusionPreventionboolean—no—▸ false
loggingboolean—no—inherited
managedboolean—nofalse▸ false
natEnabled · component propertyboolean—nofalseinherited
ruleCountinteger—no—inherited
statefulboolean—no—▸ false
Rules that apply · 0

Every rule whose selector covers this component's kind or its category. Whether a rule fires depends on the design: its properties, its edges and its groups.

No rule reads this kind yet. That is a gap, not a guarantee.
Use it in a design
nodes:
  - { id: "nftables", component: "nftables" }
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Source
# yaml-language-server: $schema=../../schema/component.schema.json
# nftables: the Linux kernel packet classification framework. "Configuring chains" states
# that if no policy is explicitly selected, the base chain policy accept is used;
# connection tracking only applies where ct state rules are written.
schemaVersion: "1"
type: "component"
id: "nftables"
kind: "firewall"
provider: "default"
docs: "https://wiki.nftables.org/wiki-nftables/index.php/Configuring_chains"
defaults:
  managed: false
  defaultAction: "allow"
  stateful: false
  intrusionPrevention: false
properties:
  family:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["ip", "ip6", "inet", "arp", "bridge", "netdev"]
    default: "inet"
  hook:
    type: "enum"
    values: ["prerouting", "input", "forward", "output", "postrouting"]
    default: "input"
  natEnabled:
    type: "boolean"
    default: false

The same page as markdown, for an agent: /catalogue/components/nftables.md