ENUM NFT_NAT_TYPES(9)

💅 enum nft_nat_types(9) — ok bestie, let's talk NAT types

So you opened the Kernel API Manual page for enum nft_nat_types(9) and you're like "what is this, why is it two whole things" — don't worry, it's actually so small and it's giving main character energy for a two-member enum. This is the enum that tells the nf_tables nat expression which flavour of NAT you're doing. That's it. That's the whole vibe. ✨

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🌸 NAME 🌸

enum nft_nat_types — literally the NAT types for the nf_tables nat expression. No cap, that's the entire job description. 🎀

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

enum nft_nat_types {
    NFT_NAT_SNAT ,
    NFT_NAT_DNAT

};

(Yes the spacing is a little quirky, she's iconic like that, we don't touch it. 🙈)

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✨ Constants ✨

Two constants. Two. That's the whole enum. Obsessed with the efficiency honestly.

• NFT_NAT_SNAT — source NAT, i.e. the SNAT one, where you're rewriting the source side of things 💖
• NFT_NAT_DNAT — destination NAT, i.e. DNAT, where the destination gets rewritten instead 🫶

That's the list! Short king. 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

First up, the actual home turf — this enum lives in the kernel file ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter/nf_tables.h. Go say hi to her. 🧚

And then bestie, brace yourself, because there is a whole friend group of (9) pages and they are all listed here, so let's get through them together, no skipping, fr fr:

• enum nft_registers(9)
• enum nft_verdicts(9)
• enum nf_tables_msg_types(9)
• enum nft_list_attributes(9)
• enum nft_hook_attributes(9)
• enum nft_table_flags(9)
• enum nft_table_attributes(9)
• enum nft_chain_attributes(9)
• enum nft_rule_attributes(9)
• enum nft_rule_compat_flags(9)
• enum nft_rule_compat_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_flags(9)
• enum nft_set_policies(9)
• enum nft_set_desc_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_field_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_elem_flags(9)
• enum nft_set_elem_attributes(9)
• enum nft_set_elem_list_attributes(9)
• enum nft_data_types(9)
• enum nft_data_attributes(9)
• enum nft_verdict_attributes(9)
• enum nft_expr_attributes(9)
• enum nft_immediate_attributes(9)
• enum nft_bitwise_ops(9)
• enum nft_bitwise_attributes(9)
• enum nft_byteorder_ops(9)
• enum nft_byteorder_attributes(9)
• enum nft_cmp_ops(9)
• enum nft_cmp_attributes(9)
• enum nft_range_ops(9)
• enum nft_range_attributes(9)
• enum nft_lookup_attributes(9)
• enum nft_dynset_attributes(9)
• enum nft_payload_bases(9)
• enum nft_payload_csum_types(9)
• enum nft_payload_attributes(9)
• enum nft_exthdr_op(9)
• enum nft_exthdr_attributes(9)
• enum nft_meta_keys(9)
• enum nft_rt_keys(9)
• enum nft_hash_types(9)
• enum nft_hash_attributes(9)
• enum nft_meta_attributes(9)
• enum nft_rt_attributes(9)
• enum nft_socket_attributes(9)
• enum nft_ct_keys(9)
• enum nft_ct_attributes(9)
• enum nft_offload_attributes(9)
• enum nft_limit_attributes(9)
• enum nft_connlimit_attributes(9)
• enum nft_counter_attributes(9)
• enum nft_last_attributes(9)
• enum nft_log_attributes(9)
• enum nft_log_level(9)
• enum nft_queue_attributes(9)
• enum nft_quota_attributes(9)
• enum nft_secmark_attributes(9)
• enum nft_reject_types(9)
• enum nft_reject_inet_code(9)
• enum nft_reject_attributes(9)
• enum nft_nat_attributes(9)
• enum nft_tproxy_attributes(9)
• enum nft_masq_attributes(9)
• enum nft_redir_attributes(9)
• enum nft_dup_attributes(9)
• enum nft_fwd_attributes(9)
• enum nft_objref_attributes(9)
• enum nft_gen_attributes(9)
• enum nft_object_attributes(9)
• enum nft_flowtable_flags(9)
• enum nft_flowtable_attributes(9)
• enum nft_flowtable_hook_attributes(9)
• enum nft_osf_attributes(9)
• enum nft_synproxy_attributes(9)
• enum nft_devices_attributes(9)
• enum nft_trace_attributes(9)
• enum nft_ng_attributes(9)

Like I said. Whole friend group. 💀 But now you know them all by name, and honestly? Slay. 🌈

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Okay real talk for one sec: these are the exact references the page gives you, so if you need the full lore on any of them, that's where you go — I'm not out here inventing extra ones, that would be lying and we don't do that. 💜

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Mwah, that's the page! She ships from ./include/uapi/linux/netfilter, version vibes of October 2026 — go forth and NAT responsibly, bestie. 🍓💅