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netfilter vs python(x,y)

A side-by-side look at netfilter and python(x,y). For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

netfilter

netfilter

Network & Admin

Netfilter is an open-source framework in the Linux kernel that allows network packet filtering, network address translation, and other packet mangling. It is a critical part of Linux's networking stack.

firewallpacket-filteringnetwork-address-translation
python(x,y)

python(x,y)

Development

python(x,y) is an open-source mathematical plotting and data visualization library for the Python programming language. It provides a simple interface for creating 2D plots, histograms, power spectra, bar charts, errorcharts, contour plots, etc.

plottingdata-visualizationchartsgraphs