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Re: ip masquerade : which one?



On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:35:26PM -0400, D-Man wrote:
> 
> I see there are 2 HOWTOS for IP Masquerading and (correspondingly) 2
> packages.  Should I be looking at "ipmasq" or "ipchains"?  How much

If you're using kernel versions older than 2.4.0 you're about to use
ipchains. The IPCHAINS HOWTO explains how to install and
configure ip-firewalling chains software. And the IP-Masquerading HOWTO
explains how to enable IP-Masq under Linux.

> breakage (aka relearning) would I need to do if I went with a 2.4
> kernel and iptables instead?  (I don't know the masq stuff yet so that
> would only be 'learning', not 'relearning',  but how much other stuff
> is radically different?)

I'd say, if you haven't dealt with ipchains nor iptables then you should
take the time and learn iptables, because in the long run it'll remain.
They both differ a little but are very similar. Check this one for
more information on iptables:

http://netfilter.filewatcher.org/

The netfileter HOWTO also explains the difference between iptables and
ipcahins.


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