Re: [PATCH] netfilter: xt_NFLOG: allow 128 character log prefixes
From: Pablo Neira Ayuso
Date: Tue Jul 27 2021 - 15:55:25 EST
Hi,
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 02:00:00PM -0500, Kyle Bowman wrote:
> From: Alex Forster <aforster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> nftables defines NF_LOG_PREFIXLEN as 128 characters, while iptables
> limits the NFLOG prefix to 64 characters. In order to eventually make
> the two consistent [...]
Why do you need to make the two consistent? iptables NFLOG prefix
length is a subset of nftables log action, this is sufficient for the
iptables-nft layer. I might be missing the use-case on your side,
could you please elaborate?