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Legacy UI or modern nft?
This comparison card contrasts Legacy UI or modern nft. iptables is described as classic tables/chains/targets. It also notes often nft backend now. nftables is described as unified inet family. It also notes cleaner syntax. The card pairs iptables with old docs, and nftables with greenfield Linux.
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Legacy UI or modern nft?
iptables
Classic tables/chains/targets; often nft backend now.
nftables
Unified inet family; cleaner syntax.
Key points
Muscle-memory runbooks.
New hosts and migrations.
Example
iptables -L -n -v
Use when
Old docs.
Greenfield Linux.