RE: ipchains and netfilter on 2.4.0-test9
On 28-Oct-2000 Peter Jay Salzman wrote:
> dear all,
>
> i'm compiling portsentry on my system which has a 2.4.0-test9 kernel.
>
> when i compiled the kernel, i didn't see an ipchains options; it seems to
> have been replaced by something called netfilter.
>
> just to make sure -- did i simply not see ipchains or was it really replaced
> by netfilter?
It is possible to keep using ipchains by compiling the appropriate kernel
module. I was using it until I got iptables working.
>
> i'd like to learn how to drop packets coming from a particular host -- is
> there a netfilter howto yet? i didn't see anything on LDP.
There is one on Debiandiary (or a link to one) and there are some ready-made
iptables scripts.
--
Andrew
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