On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 11:51, HvR wrote:
> i wanted to set up shorewall firewall but noticed that i dont have the
> iptables module compiled in my gentoo-sources kernel, what do i turn
> on in the kernel config to make it compile it?
> 
> i have tried a bunch of stuff but either it still doesnt compile or
> the compile breaks. my current kernel is 2.4.2-gentoo-r7 i have run
> genkernel --config and set the iptable (replaces ipchains) compile
> option but that doesnt seem to be enough.

i don't know anything about genkernel, but if you manually config your
kernel, you only need to enable the following:

  networking options > network packet filtering
  networking options > ip netfilter configuration > ip tables support
  networking options > ip netfilter configuration > [stuff]

where [stuff] is the list of stuff you want enabled for iptables. 
connection tracking is a good one to have, so is limit matching if
you're doing a gateway.  quota matching is good for a multi-user box.
etc. etc.

hope that helps


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