Supported features compared to xtables

Last update: 2016/Jan/11

This page tracks the list of supported and unsupported extensions with comments and suggestions.

Unsupported extensions

matches: xt

bpf

consider native interface

cluster

consider native interface

rateest

consider native interface

string

consider native interface

time

consider native interface

u32

raw expressions?

targets: xt

CHECKSUM

add nft_payload.
To the day, the only use case for this was DHCP clients not working with partial checksums. That should be fixed nowadays.
See https://lwn.net/Articles/396466/ and https://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm/msg37660.html
See https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/isc-dhcp/+bug/930962 and https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=832090

CONNSECMARK

nft_ct

CT

nft_ct_target. Refer to Matching_connection_tracking_stateful_metainformation.

IDLETIMER

consider native interfac

LED

consider native (need this?)

NETMAP

nft_nat.

RATEEST

consider native interface

SECMARK

nft_meta_target

SET

consider native interface

SYNPROXY

consider native interface

TCPOPTSTRIP

consider native interface, need to extend nft_exthdr.c

targets: ipv4

TTL

targets: ipv6

NPT

consider native interface

targets: bridge

arpreply

consider native interface

watchers: bridge

log

nft_log

nflog

nft_log

targets: arp

TODO

Supported extensions

matches: xt

addrtype

nft_fib, starting with 4.10 kernel

cgroup

nft_meta.

[Awaits support for cgroup2]

comment

Built-in support via NFTA_RULE_USERDATA, since 3.15 (Pablo Neira).

connbytes

nft_ct, 4.5 kernel

connlabel

nft_meta, since 3.16 (Florian Westphal).

connlimit

consider native interface. Refer to Meters.

connmark

nft_meta.

conntrack

nft_ct.

cpu

nft_meta, since 3.18 (Valentina Giusti/Ana Rey).

dccp

nft_payload.

[Unsupported option : dccp-option]

devgroup

nft_meta, since 3.18 (Ana Rey).

dscp

nft_payload.

ecn

nft_payload.

esp

nft_payload.

hashlimit

meter statement. Refer to Meters.

helper

nft_ct.

ipcomp

nft_payload.

[Unsupported option : compres]

iprange

nft_payload, through native range support. To emulate iptables --ports you need two rules.

ipvs

consider native interface. Refer to Load balancing.

length

nft_meta.

limit

nft_limit. Refer to Stateful objects.

mac

nft_payload.

mark

nft_meta.

multiport

nft_payload.

[Unsupported option : ports]

nfacct

consider native interface. Refer to Stateful objects.

osf

consider native interface

owner

nft_meta.

[Unsupported option : socket-exists]

pkttype

nft_meta

sctp

nft_payload.

[Unsupported option: --chunk-types]

socket

consider native interface

statistic

nft_numgen. Refer to Load balancing.

policy

consider native interface. Refer to Configuring_chains#Base_chain_policy.

recent

consider native interface. Refer to Sets.

set

Use native nf_tables set infrastructure.

state

nft_ct

tcp

nft_payload

tcpmss

nft_exthdr, since 4.14

udp

nft_payload

targets: xt

CLASSIFY

nft_meta, since 3.14 (Tomasz Bursztyka).

CONNMARK

MARK

nft_meta, since 3.14 (Tomasz Bursztyka).

NFLOG

nft_log, since 3.17 (Pablo Neira).

NFQUEUE

nft_queue, since 3.14 (Eric Leblond). Bridge support still missing.

TEE

nft_dup, since 4.3 (Pablo Neira)

TRACE

nft_meta, since 3.14 (Tomasz Bursztyka).

TCPMSS

nft_exthdr, since 4.14

matches: ipv4

ah

nft_payload + nft_cmp

icmp

nft_payload + nft_cmp.

[Unsupported codes: network-unreachable, host-unreachable, protocol-unreachable, port-unreachable, fragmentation-needed, source-route-failed, network-unknown, host-unknown, network-prohibited, host-prohibited, TOS-network-unreachable, TOS-host-unreachable, communication-prohibited, host-precedence-violation, precedence-cutoff, network-redirect, host-redirect, TOS-network-redirect, TOS-host-redirect, ttl-zero-during-transit, ttl-zero-during-reassembly, ip-header-bad and required-option-missing ]

realm

nft_meta, through NFT_META_RTCLASSID.

rp_filter

nft_fib, starting with 4.10 kernel

ttl

matches: ipv6

rp_filter

nft_fib, starting with 4.10 kernel

ah

nft_payload + nft_cmp.

eui64

nft_payload + nft_cmp.

frag

nft_exthdr + nft_cmp.

hbh

nft_exthdr + nft_cmp.

HBH options are not supported yet. [Unsupported option: --hbh-opts]

hl

nft_payload.

icmp6

nft_payload + nft_cmp.

[Unsupported icmpv6 codes: no-route, communication-prohibited, beyond-scope, address-unreachable, port-unreachable, failed-policy, reject-route, ttl-zero-during-transit, ttl-zero-during-reassembly, bad-header, unknown-header-type and unknown-option]

ipv6header

nft_exthdr + nft_cmp.

mh

nft_exthdr + nft_cmp.

[Needs bug fixation for option mh-type with range]

rt

nft_exthdr + nft_cmp

[Unsupported options: --rt-0-res, --rt-0-addrs, --rt-0-not-strict]

targets: ipv4

ECN

nft_payload

DNAT

nft_nat, since 3.13 (Tomasz Bursztyka).

LOG

nft_log, since 3.17 (Pablo Neira).

[Unsupported options : log-tcp-sequence, log-tcp-options, log-ip-options, log-uid, log-macdecode]

MASQUERADE

nft_masq, since 3.18 (Arturo Borrero).

REDIRECT

nft_redirect, since 3.19 (Arturo Borrero).

REJECT

nft_reject_ipv4, since 3.13 (Patrick McHardy/Eric Leblond).
nft_reject_inet, since 3.14 (Patrick McHardy).
nft_reject_bridge, since 3.18 (Pablo Neira)

SNAT

nft_nat, since 3.13 (Tomasz Bursztyka).

targets: ipv6

DNAT

nft_nat, since 3.13 (Tomasz Bursztyka).

LOG

nft_log, since 3.17 (Pablo Neira).

[Unsupported options : log-tcp-sequence, log-tcp-options, log-ip-options, log-uid, log-macdecode]

MASQUERADE

nft_masq, since 3.18 (Arturo Borrero).

REDIRECT

nft_redirect, since 3.19 (Arturo Borrero).

REJECT

nft_reject_ipv6, since 3.14 (Patrick McHardy/Eric Leblond)
nft_reject_inet, since 3.14 (Patrick McHardy).
nft_reject_bridge, since 3.18 (Pablo Neira)

SNAT

nft_nat, since 3.13 (Tomasz Bursztyka).

matches: bridge

802.3

nft_payload

among

sets

arp

nft_payload

ip

nft_payload

ip6

nft_payload

limit

nft_limit

mark

nft_mark

pkttype

nft_meta

stp

nft_payload

vlan

nft_payload

targets: bridge

dnat

nft_payload

snat

nft_payload

redirect

nft_payload + nft_meta (pkttype set unicast)

mark

nft_mark

Deprecated extensions

matches

physdev

br_netfilter aims to be deprecated by nftables.

quota

nfacct already provides quota support.

tos

deprecated by dscp

targets

CLUSTERIP

deprecated by cluster match.

TOS

deprecated by DSCP

targets: ipv4

ULOG

Removed from tree since 3.17.