On Sun, 2004-12-26 at 14:04, calvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi All, > > I am setting up a FW using IPTABLES. I played with it when RedHat was 7.x > and stopped using it (Linux and IPTABLES) for a long while now. Back then > I modify the file directly to suit my need, I tried recently RedHat 9.0 > and would not allow me to modify it directly. > > I heard that RedHat stopped providing freeware Linux or that they have a > different version that provide freeware. My question is what freeware > Linux could I install that will allow me to easily install IPTABLES and > would provide me flexibility to modify the rules easily. > > Thanks the "free" version of redhat is called fedora core. the current version is 3, it is based on a 2.6.9 kernel. http://fedora.redhat.com/ a good way to start with netfilter would be to check out: http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/iptables-tutorial.html welcome back. -j -- "Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals...except the weasel." --The Simpsons
