it's not an auto fallback, the 2.4 kernel can be configured to use
ipchains, ipfwadm, or iptables. multiple options can be compiles as
modules, but only one can be active at a time.
David Lang
On Tue, 24 Apr 2001, Steve
Wolfe wrote:
> Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 02:34:18 -0500
> From: Steve Wolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: Linux 7
>
> Supposedly the new 2.4 Kernel has a compatablity mode that kicks in
> automatically and uses the old ip-chains syntax.
> -Steve Wolfe
>
> Devdas Bhagat wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 23 Apr 2001, Paty spewed into the ether:
> >
> > > Hi, i need information about Firewalls to RedHat 7.0, i don't know
> > > how i can to configure the firewall in Linux RedHat 7.0.
> > Get pmfirewall, or bastille Linux, and use those to configure your
> > firewall.
> > man ipchains, read the ipchains howto at Linuxdoc.org.
> > Come back with specific questions, if you have any.
> >
> > (A simple firewall for a host with one nic: # is the root prompt, ; is a
> > comment)
> >
> > ;Set all policies to deny, now the machine is effectively off the
> > ;network
> > #/sbin/ipchains -P input DENY
> > #sbin/ipchains -P forward DENY
> > #/sbin/ipchains -P output DENY
> >
> > ;This machine can accept connections only for www
> > #/sbin/ipchains -s 0/0 1024: -d <your_machine_ip> 80 -p tcp -j ACCEPT
> >
> > ;ICMP should be allowed, stopping it breaks too many things
> > #/sbin/ipchains -p icmp -j ACCEPT ;From any to any
> >
> > ;Deny everything else and log
> > #/sbin/ipchains -s 0/0 -d <your_machine_ip> -l -j DENY
> >
> > Devdas Bhagat
> > --
> > I know how to do SPECIAL EFFECTS!!
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