diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e86e28a..83c7c19 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 # This file is automatically @generated by Cargo.
 # It is not intended for manual editing.
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "0.6.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "81ce3d38065e618af2d7b77e10c5ad9a069859b4be3c2250f674af3840d9c8a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "0.7.10"
@@ -49,6 +58,12 @@ version = "0.11.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b41b7ea54a0c9d92199de89e20e58d49f02f8e699814ef3fdf266f6f748d15c7"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8dead7461c1127cf637931a1e50934eb6eee8bff2f74433ac7909e9afcee04a3"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.2.1"
@@ -127,11 +142,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "futures",
  "igd",
- "libc",
+ "iptables",
  "log",
- "mnl",
- "nftnl",
  "pretty_env_logger",
+ "regex 1.3.7",
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde-lexpr",
@@ -163,24 +177,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "atty",
  "humantime",
  "log",
- "regex",
+ "regex 1.3.7",
  "termcolor",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "err-derive"
-version = "0.2.4"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "22deed3a8124cff5fa835713fa105621e43bbdc46690c3a6b68328a012d350d4"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-error",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "rustversion",
- "syn",
- "synstructure",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "fnv"
 version = "1.0.6"
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ version = "0.3.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2e9763c69ebaae630ba35f74888db465e49e259ba1bc0eda7d06f4a067615d82"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.2.1",
  "fuchsia-zircon-sys",
 ]
 
@@ -509,6 +509,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iptables"
+version = "0.2.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7910549cb022e3112eea631a4c3e62523281b6c61024b2c3a8d61da620010de"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static 0.2.11",
+ "nix",
+ "regex 0.2.11",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "0.4.5"
@@ -534,6 +545,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-build",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "lazy_static"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76f033c7ad61445c5b347c7382dd1237847eb1bce590fe50365dcb33d546be73"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.4.0"
@@ -637,34 +654,13 @@ dependencies = [
  "ws2_32-sys",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "mnl"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e6efb50a48dbacd112e7e847b9847fa530ec4a473ba6322a2f82c42ef333e226"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "log",
- "mnl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "mnl-sys"
-version = "0.2.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "5302035599c722b3a5b92a6502ff73c501dc6d100c53b89f0fae0cb932a37122"
-dependencies = [
- "libc",
- "pkg-config",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "native-tls"
 version = "0.2.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4b2df1a4c22fd44a62147fd8f13dd0f95c9d8ca7b2610299b2a2f9cf8964274e"
 dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
  "libc",
  "log",
  "openssl",
@@ -688,27 +684,17 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "nftnl"
-version = "0.3.0"
+name = "nix"
+version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "f3727d1e8c1c9af88857f46539c3030693158a2a7586056b8cab6ded523bf7aa"
-dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
- "err-derive",
- "libc",
- "log",
- "nftnl-sys",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "nftnl-sys"
-version = "0.3.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "dba134c9b125b7d7c13d813388aaeb2aeeba60fb1eb702799163fb845086ca33"
+checksum = "a0d95c5fa8b641c10ad0b8887454ebaafa3c92b5cd5350f8fc693adafd178e7b"
 dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 0.4.0",
  "cfg-if",
  "libc",
- "pkg-config",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "semver",
+ "void",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -733,10 +719,10 @@ version = "0.10.28"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "973293749822d7dd6370d6da1e523b0d1db19f06c459134c658b2a4261378b52"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.2.1",
  "cfg-if",
  "foreign-types",
- "lazy_static",
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
  "libc",
  "openssl-sys",
 ]
@@ -826,32 +812,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "log",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-error"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "98e9e4b82e0ef281812565ea4751049f1bdcdfccda7d3f459f2e138a40c08678"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro-error-attr",
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "version_check 0.9.1",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
-version = "1.0.2"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "4f5444ead4e9935abd7f27dc51f7e852a0569ac888096d5ec2499470794e2e53"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "syn-mid",
- "version_check 0.9.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro-hack"
 version = "0.5.11"
@@ -977,16 +937,38 @@ version = "0.1.56"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "2439c63f3f6139d1b57529d16bc3b8bb855230c8efcc5d3a896c8bea7c3b1e84"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "0.2.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9329abc99e39129fcceabd24cf5d85b4671ef7c29c50e972bc5afe32438ec384"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick 0.6.10",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax 0.5.6",
+ "thread_local 0.3.6",
+ "utf8-ranges",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "regex"
 version = "1.3.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a6020f034922e3194c711b82a627453881bc4682166cabb07134a10c26ba7692"
 dependencies = [
- "aho-corasick",
+ "aho-corasick 0.7.10",
  "memchr",
- "regex-syntax",
- "thread_local",
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.17",
+ "thread_local 1.0.1",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.5.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d707a4fa2637f2dca2ef9fd02225ec7661fe01a53623c1e6515b6916511f7a7"
+dependencies = [
+ "ucd-util",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1020,7 +1002,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "hyper",
  "hyper-tls",
  "js-sys",
- "lazy_static",
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
  "log",
  "mime",
  "mime_guess",
@@ -1041,14 +1023,12 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
-name = "rustversion"
-version = "1.0.2"
+name = "rustc_version"
+version = "0.1.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b3bba175698996010c4f6dce5e7f173b6eb781fce25d2cfc45e27091ce0b79f6"
+checksum = "c5f5376ea5e30ce23c03eb77cbe4962b988deead10910c372b226388b594c084"
 dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
+ "semver",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1063,7 +1043,7 @@ version = "0.1.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "507a9e6e8ffe0a4e0ebb9a10293e62fdf7657c06f1b8bb07a8fcf697d2abf295"
 dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
  "winapi 0.3.8",
 ]
 
@@ -1088,6 +1068,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "core-foundation-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "semver"
+version = "0.1.20"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d4f410fedcf71af0345d7607d246e7ad15faaadd49d240ee3b24e5dc21a820ac"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde"
 version = "1.0.107"
@@ -1170,29 +1156,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "unicode-xid",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "syn-mid"
-version = "0.5.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "7be3539f6c128a931cf19dcee741c1af532c7fd387baa739c03dd2e96479338a"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "synstructure"
-version = "0.12.3"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "67656ea1dc1b41b1451851562ea232ec2e5a80242139f7e679ceccfb5d61f545"
-dependencies = [
- "proc-macro2",
- "quote",
- "syn",
- "unicode-xid",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "tempfile"
 version = "3.1.0"
@@ -1216,13 +1179,22 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "0.3.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c6b53e329000edc2b34dbe8545fd20e55a333362d0a321909685a19bd28c3f1b"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "thread_local"
 version = "1.0.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d40c6d1b69745a6ec6fb1ca717914848da4b44ae29d9b3080cbee91d72a69b14"
 dependencies = [
- "lazy_static",
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1245,7 +1217,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bytes 0.5.4",
  "fnv",
  "iovec",
- "lazy_static",
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
  "memchr",
  "mio",
  "pin-project-lite",
@@ -1300,6 +1272,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e604eb7b43c06650e854be16a2a03155743d3752dd1c943f6829e26b7a36e382"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ucd-util"
+version = "0.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c85f514e095d348c279b1e5cd76795082cf15bd59b93207832abe0b1d8fed236"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicase"
 version = "2.6.0"
@@ -1361,6 +1339,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "percent-encoding 2.1.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "utf8-ranges"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4ae116fef2b7fea257ed6440d3cfcff7f190865f170cdad00bb6465bf18ecba"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.8"
@@ -1379,6 +1363,12 @@ version = "0.9.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "078775d0255232fb988e6fccf26ddc9d1ac274299aaedcedce21c6f72cc533ce"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "void"
+version = "1.0.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "want"
 version = "0.3.0"
@@ -1414,7 +1404,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "11cdb95816290b525b32587d76419facd99662a07e59d3cdb560488a819d9a45"
 dependencies = [
  "bumpalo",
- "lazy_static",
+ "lazy_static 1.4.0",
  "log",
  "proc-macro2",
  "quote",
@@ -1569,7 +1559,7 @@ version = "0.7.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3c1cb601d29fe2c2ac60a2b2e5e293994d87a1f6fa9687a31a15270f909be9c2"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.2.1",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2376c52..6aff0de 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,6 +17,5 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.107", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.53"
 serde-lexpr = "0.1.1"
 anyhow = "1.0.28"
-nftnl = "0.3.0"
-mnl = "0.2.0"
-libc = "0.2.70"
+iptables = "0.2.2"
+regex = "1"
diff --git a/src/fw.rs b/src/fw.rs
index aabc420..07282af 100644
--- a/src/fw.rs
+++ b/src/fw.rs
@@ -1,101 +1,64 @@
-use nftnl::{nft_expr, Batch, Chain, FinalizedBatch, ProtoFamily, Rule, Table};
-use std::{
-    ffi::{self, CString},
-    io,
-};
-use mnl;
-use libc;
+use iptables;
+use regex::Regex;
+use std::collections::HashSet;
 
-const TABLE_NAME: &str = "diplonat";
-const OUT_CHAIN_NAME: &str = "out";
-const IN_CHAIN_NAME: &str = "in";
+#[derive(PartialEq,Eq,Debug,Hash)]
+pub struct Port {
+    proto: String,
+    number: u16,
+}
 
-#[derive(Debug)]
-struct Error(String);
+pub fn setup(ipt: &iptables::IPTables) {
+    ipt.new_chain("filter", "DIPLONAT").unwrap();
+    ipt.insert("filter", "INPUT", "-j DIPLONAT", 1).unwrap();
+}
 
-impl From<io::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(error: io::Error) -> Self {
-        Error(error.to_string())
+pub fn open_ports(ipt: &iptables::IPTables, ports: Vec<Port>) {
+
+    for p in ports {
+        ipt.append("filter", "DIPLONAT", &format!("-p {} --dport {} -j ACCEPT", p.proto, p.number)).unwrap();
     }
 }
 
-impl From<ffi::NulError> for Error {
-    fn from(error: ffi::NulError) -> Self {
-        Error(error.to_string())
-    }
-}
+pub fn get_opened_ports(ipt: &iptables::IPTables) -> HashSet<Port> {
+    let mut opened_ports: HashSet<Port> = HashSet::new();
 
-fn send_and_process(batch: &FinalizedBatch) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let socket = mnl::Socket::new(mnl::Bus::Netfilter)?;
-    socket.send_all(batch)?;
+    let list = ipt.list("filter", "DIPLONAT").unwrap();
+    let re = Regex::new(r"\-A.*? \-p (\w+).*\-\-dport (\d+).*?\-j ACCEPT").unwrap();
+    for i in list {
+        let caps = re.captures(&i);
+        match caps {
+            Some(c) => {
+                let raw_proto = c.get(1).unwrap();
+                let raw_port = c.get(2).unwrap();
 
-    let portid = socket.portid();
-    let mut buffer = vec![0; nftnl::nft_nlmsg_maxsize() as usize];
+                let proto = String::from(raw_proto.as_str());
+                let number = String::from(raw_port.as_str()).parse::<u16>().unwrap();
 
-    while let Some(message) = socket_recv(&socket, &mut buffer[..])? {
-        match mnl::cb_run(message, 2, portid)? {
-            mnl::CbResult::Stop => {
-                break;
-            }
-            mnl::CbResult::Ok => (),
+                opened_ports.insert( Port { proto, number } );
+            },
+            _ => {}
         }
     }
-    Ok(())
+
+    opened_ports
 }
 
-fn socket_recv<'a>(socket: &mnl::Socket, buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> Result<Option<&'a [u8]>, Error> {
-    let ret = socket.recv(buf)?;
-    if ret > 0 {
-        Ok(Some(&buf[..ret]))
-    } else {
-        Ok(None)
-    }
+pub fn cleanup(ipt: &iptables::IPTables) {
+    ipt.flush_chain("filter", "DIPLONAT").unwrap();
+    ipt.delete("filter", "INPUT", "-j DIPLONAT").unwrap();
+    ipt.delete_chain("filter", "DIPLONAT").unwrap();
 }
 
-fn add_port_allowed(port: u16) -> Result<(), Error> {
-    let mut batch = Batch::new();
+/*
+fn main() {
+    let ipt = iptables::new(false).unwrap();
+    setup(&ipt);
 
-    // TODO: at the moment, I haven't found a way to properly separate setup part (create table and
-    // chains) and the add rule part because the add rule part needs a reference on the chains.
-    // apparently creating a table and chains that already exist seems to do nothing so it works
-    // doing the following. To be done properly though
-    
-    let table = Table::new(&CString::new(TABLE_NAME).unwrap(), ProtoFamily::Inet);
-    
-    batch.add(&table, nftnl::MsgType::Add);
-
-    let mut out_chain = Chain::new(&CString::new(OUT_CHAIN_NAME).unwrap(), &table);
-    let mut in_chain = Chain::new(&CString::new(IN_CHAIN_NAME).unwrap(), &table);
-
-    out_chain.set_hook(nftnl::Hook::Out, 0);
-    in_chain.set_hook(nftnl::Hook::In, 0);
-
-    out_chain.set_policy(nftnl::Policy::Accept);
-    in_chain.set_policy(nftnl::Policy::Drop);
-
-    batch.add(&out_chain, nftnl::MsgType::Add);
-    batch.add(&in_chain, nftnl::MsgType::Add);
-
-    let mut _rule = Rule::new(&in_chain);
-
-    _rule.add_expr(&nft_expr!(meta nfproto));
-    _rule.add_expr(&nft_expr!(cmp == libc::NFPROTO_IPV4 as u8));
-
-    _rule.add_expr(&nft_expr!(meta l4proto));
-    _rule.add_expr(&nft_expr!(cmp == libc::IPPROTO_TCP as u8));
-
-    _rule.add_expr(&nftnl::expr::Payload::Transport(
-        nftnl::expr::TransportHeaderField::Tcp(nftnl::expr::TcpHeaderField::Dport),
-    ));
-    _rule.add_expr(&nft_expr!(cmp == port.to_be()));
-
-    _rule.add_expr(&nft_expr!(verdict accept));
-
-    batch.add(&_rule, nftnl::MsgType::Add);
-
-    let finalized_batch = batch.finalize();
-    send_and_process(&finalized_batch)?;
-    
-    Ok(())
- 
+    let mut test: HashSet<Port> = HashSet::new();
+    test.insert(Port { proto: String::from("tcp"), number: 443 });
+    let a = get_opened_ports(&ipt);
+    let l = test.difference(&a).collect::<Vec<&Port>>();
+    println!("{:?}", l);
 }
+*/
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a35916a..bf8248d 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ mod consul;
 mod consul_actor;
 mod igd_actor;
 mod diplonat;
+mod fw;
 
+use iptables;
 use log::*;
 use diplonat::Diplonat;
 
@@ -12,7 +14,10 @@ use diplonat::Diplonat;
 async fn main() {
   pretty_env_logger::init();
   info!("Starting Diplonat");
-  
+
+  let ipt = iptables::new(false).unwrap();
+  fw::setup(&ipt).expect("iptables setup failed");
+
   let mut diplo = Diplonat::new().await.expect("Setup failed");
   diplo.listen().await.expect("A runtime error occured");
 }