iptables are not working

[PetrusTryb]

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• Your Windows build number: (Type ver at a Windows Command Prompt)
  Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.329]
• What you're doing and what's happening: (Copy&paste the full set of specific command-line steps necessary to reproduce the behavior, and their output. Include screen shots if that helps demonstrate the problem.)

1. Launch Kali Linux (or probably any other distro) on WSL.
2. Type any command starting with "iptables", for example: "iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT"

• What's wrong / what should be happening instead:
  I got the message: "iptables/1.8.3 Failed to initialize nft: Protocol not supported"
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  https://gist.github.com/PetrusTryb/063895a99369fff13279c03b38c27f94
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[sirredbeard]

WSL1 does not support iptables.

See #767 and the UserVoice.

WSL2 has better networking support but I have not tried editing iptables on it.