On Wed, 6 Nov 2002 17:02:41 -0800 Stephen Mah <steve.mah@oracle.com> wrote: # # I noticed ipchains was used for Valhalla and iptables is now used on # 8.0. What's the difference between the two? Is the default "medium" # iptable setting good enough to protect me when using a VPN client? Ipchains was first, then came iptables. Iptables replaces the older ipchains, as part of the 'netfilter' code of the Linux kernel. Iptables is much more advanced, yet holds a lot of the same syntax. www.netfilter.org is a great place to start for reading up on it. -- Jesse Keating For Web Services and Linux Consulting, Visit --> j2Solutions.net Mondo DevTeam (www.mondorescue.org) Was I helpful? Let others know: http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=jkeating -- Psyche-list mailing list Psyche-list@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list
