Hi Lora, > Please correct me if I am wrong, but ipchains and iptables are not just in > RedHat this was changed in the Linux Kernel. Yes, that's correct. > 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 And I've tried to explain the differences in this article: Linux Kernel 2.4 Firewalling Matures: netfilter http://www.linuxsecurity.com/feature_stories/kernel-netfilter.html Best, Dave > > Also if you want more information do a search at: > http://www.linuxsecurity.com and it has quite a few links. -- Dave Wreski Corporate Manager Guardian Digital, Inc. (201) 934-9230 Pioneering. Open Source. Security. dave@guardiandigital.com http://www.guardiandigital.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe email security-discuss-request@linuxsecurity.com with "unsubscribe" in the subject of the message.
