Please correct me if I am wrong, but ipchains and iptables are not just in RedHat this was changed in the Linux Kernel. In short and in general iptables is in the 2.4 Kernel and will allow you to build a stateful firewall. ipchains was in 2.2 Kernel and gives you a stateless firewall. There is a good article about building an iptables based firewall at: http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/0920.ipchains.html Also if you want more information do a search at: http://www.linuxsecurity.com and it has quite a few links. Hope this helps Lora Woodworth Secure Website Architect CTA Inc. lora.woodworth@cta.com -----Original Message----- From: Philip Ching (605.734.71) [mailto:pching@aplcenMP.apl.jhu.edu] Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2001 3:50 PM To: security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com Cc: Philip Ching (605.734.71) Subject: Difference in ipchains and iptable Hi All, Why RedHat Linux changed from "ipchains" to "iptable"? What is their differences? Where can I read more about it? Would some body tell me? Thank you! Philip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.
