On Mon, Jan 16, 2006 at 10:27:33PM +0100, Frank K?ster wrote: > Nico Golde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Yes and I think its alot better than adding a bunch of ips > > to /etc/hosts.deny. > > And iptables is only a dependency like any other... > > I have no understanding of what a packetfilter firewall actually does, > and therefore I won't install one. On the other hand, it's easy (for > me) to understand how hosts.deny works. > > Furthermore, AFAIK iptables isn't a dependency, but rather a > configuration option when compiling the kernel - then it is *not* a > dependency like any other. Well, it is both. /sbin/iptables manipulates the kernel (how it communicates, I don't know). It will probably barf if there's not kernel support. OTOH Debian kernels will have this enabled as a module.
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