Hi Ralph, On 21 May 2016 at 22:25, Ralph Sanchez <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mason is telling me my kernel doesnt support IPtable, Ipchains or the > third option...iptables is installed. Kernel version 3.16.?? (i > forget). Just wandering what's wrong here. Here's the terminal > output... > [snip] > (This is release 1.0.0-11 - 2008-06-27 ) > I suppose that using Mason is an option you can use, but it hasn't been updated since 2012[0]. The version you're using is from 2008, that's 8 years ago! Given that the 'latest' version is from 2012, I'm not sure whether this is a good program to start with. It even mentions ipchains, which was deprecated around kernel version 2.4 (see this message on this list from 1999[3]). As recommended earlier, Shorewall or ufw should be good options to start with. Both are still[1] maintained and updated regularly[2]. If you want to start with 'raw' IPtables, have a look at this Arch Linux wiki page[4], which extensively explains how to build a stateful firewall using IPtables. Take care :) [0] https://packages.qa.debian.org/m/mason.html [1] https://packages.qa.debian.org/s/shorewall.html [2] https://packages.qa.debian.org/u/ufw.html [3] https://lists.debian.org/debian-firewall/1999/12/msg00022.html [4] https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Simple_stateful_firewall
