nftables
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
0warn against
Nov 9, 2025first mention
Oct 15, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“I've been using nftables for port knocking for a while now.”
runs a globally accessible SSH tunnel serveron “I close SSH port 22 (and what I use instead)”
“I used the nftables Wiki to learn all the basics I know about nft”
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“I’ve always made my own routers by using low-power devices running linux with iptables and now NFtables.”
“I never liked iptables, but nftables is pretty nice to write and use.”
switched from iptableson “Moving from OpenBSD to FreeBSD for firewalls”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
- How to Turn Anything into a Router 2 mentions
- One in Five Websites Blocks an AI Crawler 1 mention
- I close SSH port 22 (and what I use instead) 1 mention
- Show HN: Clawk – Give coding agents a disposable Linux VM, not your laptop 1 mention
- Texas is suing all of the big TV makers for spying on what you watch 1 mention
- Confuse some SSH bots and make botters block you 1 mention
Data: nftables.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 9
“dump their IP into NFTables ipsets”
“I've been using nftables for port knocking for a while now.”
“the nftables firewall ended up becoming the only exception”
“I used the nftables Wiki to learn all the basics I know about nft”
“I’ve always made my own routers by using low-power devices running linux with iptables and now NFtables.”
“Firewall is based on hand-rolled nftables rules.”
“Added a temporary rule when we encounter a syn-flood.”
“I never liked iptables, but nftables is pretty nice to write and use.”
“The laptop has nftables set up so that only an ssh connection to my laptop works”