On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 10:23:59PM +0800, Miguel A.L. Paraz wrote:
> One minor nit I have with RH 7.1. Since it's running kernel 2.4.x, why are
> they using ipchains and not iptables for the default firewall config? Is there
> a hidden reason?
>
Boss, I've heard there are still some security-related bugs with using
iptables in 2.4.2 (which is what 7.1 ships with). Maybe the folks at
Red Hat would like wait until these bugs are ironed out before they
make it the default firewalling method.
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