Re: firewall and ip-masquerading

[Pann McCuaig <pann@ourmanpann.com>]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2001 at 08:56, Runar Bell wrote:
> 
> I want to set up a firewall and ip-masquerading on my linux-box. I have
> the potato install, with the regular kernel. From what I can see, I am
> missing some parts in the kernel to be able to do ip-masquerading
> properly. When running netconf I was told so, and also while doing:
> 
> ipchains -L -n
> 
> I got the following error message:
> ipchains: Incompatible with this kernel
> 
> My questions are:
> 
> 1) where do I find the information on how to compile (and install) a
> regular kernel with support for ip-masquerading ? (Or could any of you
> please provide me with the information needed?)
> 
> 2) What is the chance of success for a first-timer?

If you're using the standard potato install and the kernel that came
with it already supports the options required. The error message is
probably misleading. Try this:

# apt-get install ipmasq

Luck,
Pann
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