[oclug] netfilter firewall

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At 02:45 PM 3/13/01, you wrote:
> > snip...
> >
> > So does this mean I won't be using ipchains as a firewall anymore?  My old
> > firewall I made at www.linux-tools/firewall and is based on the 2.2.X
> > kernel.  To recap I'm replacing a ipchains firewall with an iptables 
> firewall?
>
>Sorry to say but, that was clear as mud... even the URL didn't work. :)
>
>Let me see if I can guess at what you were trying to say.  You don't have
>to switch to iptables.  You don't have to switch to 2.4.x.  You probably
>can still run ipfwadm as your firewall.  However, if you want to be on the
>bleeding edge you may want to get iptables.
>
>If you decide to convert your firewall to 2.4.x then you have a choice of
>using iptables or ipchaines.  2.4.x has a backwards compatibility mode (in
>iptables) that emulates the ipchains interface.  However, if you want to
>do some complex NAT rules (other than simple masq) iptables would be the
>way to go.
>
>Bart.

Well ya I would like to try out the bleeding edge for a while.  So I wanted 
to try the new firewalling technique being use "iptables".  And is wanted 
to see some examples to of this method to try and understand how it 
function etc.


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