Month: January 2026

nftables telemetry in 2026

<p>I've been running nftables for years. But I've never sat down to get good telemetry for it. For firewalls to get good telemetry coverage I feel you need:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Rule Statistics</strong> <ul> <li>See what rules are getting hit</li> <li>Overly hot rules</li> <li>Rules no longer getting hit (cleanup)</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>Logs + Analysis</strong> <ul> <li>Summarized traffic [ View Post… ]