No, I don't have any TARPIT modules in either folder. Does that means I have to patch the kernel? because I thought xtables didn't require that. Or is there a way to just copy it in? Thanks, -Brian ArcosCom Linux User wrote: > > Has you the kernel module for TARPIT (look for it into kernel modules, > usually into /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/net/netfilter or > .../net/ipv4/netfilter). > > Or perhaps the problem was that you have the "ipt" version and the "xt" > version and there is a problem with them at the same time. > > Regards > > El Vie, 29 de Agosto de 2008, 2:37, Brian Mearns escribió: >> >> Thanks for the help Jan and Andrew. I've got xtables (combined) and it >> built and installed fine. When I run iptables --version, it matches >> what's given in the versions file in the source distribution. My problem >> is that the TARPIT target doesn't seem to be recognized. When I try to >> add a rule with the TARPIT target, it says "iptables: No >> chain/target/match by that name". I've tried using rules that work >> otherwise, for instance, changing from DROP to TARPIT, and it still >> doesn't work, so it's not the rest of the rule that is the problem. >> >> I found libxt_TARPIT.so in /usr/local/libexec/xtables/. Is it in the >> wrong spot or something? Also, my service runs from /sbin/iptables, but >> this is soft linked to /usr/local/sbin/iptables: could this be part of >> the problem? I did this so my package manager doesn't overwrite it any >> point, but maybe it was a bad idea? >> >> Any help would be great. >> >> Thanks, >> -Brian >> >> Jan Engelhardt wrote: >>> >>> On Tuesday 2008-07-29 06:25, Brian Mearns wrote: >>> >>>> Thanks a lot for the help, Andrew. The iptables source I have >>>> doesn't have a configure script...oh, but it does have an autogen >>>> script. I guess I was probably supposed to use that first. But it's >>>> a moot point, apparently, because of xtables, so I will be >>>> switching to that. >>> >>> Released tarballs should have configure; for autogen, you usually >>> need (even more) developer tools than you do without, like >>> autoconf, automake, and the other autowhatevers. >>> >>> No moot point; iptables still is, as of today, the name of the >>> userspace package and control program. >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in >> the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >> > > -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html