On Mon, 31 Mar 2003 21:27:54 -0500, "John Lumby" <johnlumby@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message <F78G1vzGbjkJ3FvTFnQ00016fee@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > I'm running a 2.4.18-3 kernel but for strange reasons have always used ..you want 2.4.18-27.7|8.x|0.etc. _Now_. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh72-errata.html or http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh73-errata.html or http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/rh8-errata.html > ipchains. Now want to switch to iptables. Wondering if anyone has > ever written a script which will read an ipchains file as created by > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/ipchains save ..the easy way is use the 'setup' utility, then choose firewall setup. > and either convert it to /etc/rc.d/init.d/iptables save format or set > up the "corresponding" iptables chains directly. ..first however, "ipchains-save"(?), then ' service ipchains stop && rpm -e ipchains','rpm -ivh iptables-$the-newest.rpm', and 'setup' as above. Tweaks: put in the equivalent of your ipchains settings, plus bonus stateful firewalling. ..another _good_ option: combine Shorewall(.net) and Webmin(.com), to control iptables. -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt... ;-) ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case.
