Re: Mason Error

Hi Ralph,

On 21 May 2016 at 22:25, Ralph Sanchez <rwsanchez3@gmail.com> wrote:

Mason is telling me my kernel doesnt support IPtable, Ipchains or the
third option...iptables is installed. Kernel version 3.16.?? (i
forget). Just wandering what's wrong here. Here's the terminal
output...
[snip]
(This is release 1.0.0-11 - 2008-06-27 )

I suppose that using Mason is an option you can use, but it hasn't been updated since 2012[0]. The version you're using is from 2008, that's 8 years ago! Given that the 'latest' version is from 2012, I'm not sure whether this is a good program to start with. It even mentions ipchains, which was deprecated around kernel version 2.4 (see this message on this list from 1999[3]).

As recommended earlier, Shorewall or ufw should be good options to start with. Both are still[1] maintained and updated regularly[2].

If you want to start with 'raw' IPtables, have a look at this Arch Linux wiki page[4], which extensively explains how to build a stateful firewall using IPtables.

Take care :)

[0] https://packages.qa.debian.org/m/mason.html

[1] https://packages.qa.debian.org/s/shorewall.html

[2] https://packages.qa.debian.org/u/ufw.html

[3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-firewall/1999/12/msg00022.html

[4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Simple_stateful_firewall