florianl/go-nfqueue

c-binding free API for golang to communicate with the queue subsystem of netfilter

114

179 commits

updated Sep 14, 2026

README

go-nfqueue

This is go-nfqueue and it is written in golang. It provides a C-binding free API to the netfilter based queue subsystem of the Linux kernel.

Privileges

This package processes information directly from the kernel and therefore it requires special privileges. You can provide this privileges by adjusting the CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities.

	setcap 'cap_net_admin=+ep' /your/executable

For documentation and more examples please take a look at documentation.

Requirements

A version of Go that is supported by upstream

golang

hacktoberfest

netfilter

nfqueue

Significant stargazers

Henrik Schmidt

26 followers · starred Sep 2019

suncairong163

4 followers · starred Mar 2025

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c-binding free API for golang to communicate with the queue subsystem of netfilter

114

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updated Sep 14, 2026

See the code

README

go-nfqueue

This is go-nfqueue and it is written in golang. It provides a C-binding free API to the netfilter based queue subsystem of the Linux kernel.

Privileges

This package processes information directly from the kernel and therefore it requires special privileges. You can provide this privileges by adjusting the CAP_NET_ADMIN capabilities.

	setcap 'cap_net_admin=+ep' /your/executable

For documentation and more examples please take a look at documentation.

Requirements

A version of Go that is supported by upstream

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