On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Michael Meskes wrote: > Is ipchains already deprecated? I just read that the networking code has > been changed yet again for kernel 2.3. Does it still make sense to set > up a firewall using ipchains or is it a better idea to set it up with a > development kernel now?
Yes it is deprecated w/the new 2.4 version of the kernel. No, I would not go to the unstable kernel just for that reason alone. Ipchains may be a bit confusing, but it is astoundingly similar to CISCO's own ip filtering rules. Learning IP-Chains has given me a much better understanding of TCP/IP than I possibly could have learned from any book or lecture. If you're concerned about deprecation, don't worry too much. There are enough users out there and developers who will likely write a wrapper script to port the old 2.0 and 2.2 kernel firewall rules into the new 2.4. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Chad Walstrom mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] a.k.a ^chewie, gunnarr http://wookimus.net/~chewie Gnupg = B4AB D627 9CBD 687E 7A31 1950 0CC7 0B18 206C 5AFD ----------------------------------------------------------------
