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Re: Is ip_conntrack_ftp superceeded?
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Tom H <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 5 Jul 2011 09:10:43 -0400
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On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:59 AM, Andrew Z <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tom H <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 1:09 AM, Todd And Margo Chester
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > In SL6, ip_conntrack_ftp is nowhere to be found, but
>> > active mode ftp still seems to work.  Has ip_conntrack_ftp
>> > been gobbled up into iptables?
>>
>> It's an alias to nf_conntrack_ftp.
>
> That's funny - I was about to ask the same question .
>
> what was the reason to rename it, does anybody knows?

nf must stand for netfilter, the kernel's packet filtering framework.

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