On Mon, Apr 16, 2001 at 04:35:26PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > > I see there are 2 HOWTOS for IP Masquerading and (correspondingly) 2 > packages. Should I be looking at "ipmasq" or "ipchains"? How much
If you're using kernel versions older than 2.4.0 you're about to use ipchains. The IPCHAINS HOWTO explains how to install and configure ip-firewalling chains software. And the IP-Masquerading HOWTO explains how to enable IP-Masq under Linux. > breakage (aka relearning) would I need to do if I went with a 2.4 > kernel and iptables instead? (I don't know the masq stuff yet so that > would only be 'learning', not 'relearning', but how much other stuff > is radically different?) I'd say, if you haven't dealt with ipchains nor iptables then you should take the time and learn iptables, because in the long run it'll remain. They both differ a little but are very similar. Check this one for more information on iptables: http://netfilter.filewatcher.org/ The netfileter HOWTO also explains the difference between iptables and ipcahins. -- ...is a registered (#210445) user of:####Debian 2.2r2 GNU/Linux icq# 49564994###AIM: wdyck###########GnuPG-Key: 1024D/8BFCA69B Fingerprint: DAD2 E564 B725 E6A3 5A0F 1497 4411 F30F 8BFC A69B
