Netlink interface

GPTKB entity

Statements (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf network protocol interface
gptkbp:category Inter-process communication
Linux networking
gptkbp:documentedIn man 7 netlink
gptkbp:hasSocketType SOCK_DGRAM
SOCK_RAW
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Netlink interface
gptkbp:implementedIn netlink.h
gptkbp:introducedIn Linux 2.2
gptkbp:protocolFamily PF_NETLINK
gptkbp:replacedBy ioctl-based communication
gptkbp:subunit NETLINK_FIREWALL
NETLINK_GENERIC
NETLINK_KOBJECT_UEVENT
NETLINK_NETFILTER
NETLINK_ROUTE
gptkbp:supports routing
network configuration
firewalling
process communication
gptkbp:usedBy gptkb:operating_system
gptkb:systemd-networkd
gptkb:NetworkManager
gptkb:iproute2
gptkbp:usedFor communication between kernel and user space
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:nftables
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6