iptables-nft in [core] provides a compatible command line interface to ebtables but use nf_tables kernel API as a backend.
This package is the original ebtables software which use the kernel X_tables API as backend.
So you need this when you want to sticks with X_tables as kernel backend.
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seblu commented on 2021-04-26 22:11 (UTC)
iptables-nft in [core] provides a compatible command line interface to ebtables but use nf_tables kernel API as a backend.
This package is the original ebtables software which use the kernel X_tables API as backend.
So you need this when you want to sticks with X_tables as kernel backend.