
Be aware that the following undesirable issues may arise: Before we beginįor this guide, we’ll assume you’re using Debian Buster (Debian 10).ĭuring this process, we’ll be removing your current firewall rules and putting a new firewall system in place. Here’s what you need to do in order to migrate your Debian machine from iptables to nftables. Unfortunately, it means learning a lot of new stuff and leaving the comfort of the existing and well-documented land of iptables.

There’s many more features and a more streamlined config syntax with nftables, so this will be a welcome change. In the next major release, Debian will be changing firewall providers from iptables to nftables. Migrating Debian Buster from iptables to nftables
