Alvin Oga wrote:
hi ya i donno what all the major features/advances of iptables is over ipchains..but... ipchains runs under 2.4.x kernels if you enable the "ipchains" modules in the firewall config section of the kernel - ipchains runs unmodified under 2.4... if you are using a generic 2.4.x kernel with all the modules.. insmod ipchains ipchains -L
The initial question was asking for tracking connections, thing that iptables offers and not ipchains. Iptables is not that different from ipchains just need to rtfm a little and find out how to configure connectiontracking and a couple of other handy things. What's the big fuss? If you don't want connection tracking and a more secure firewall, then stick with ipchains. No problem. David.