On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, TCL wrote: > hello > i have slack 8 with kernel 2.4.5 > in the last week i got my modem working with linux and now is the time to set > up a firewall ruleset
actually, the correct time to do it was *before* you got your modem to work and connected for the first time. never underestimate the power of the cracker with a scanner. > i have both ipchains and iptables installed, but unfurtunally, my kernel is > compiled with no support to both > is it possible to enable support without recompiling the kernel? nope. > if not, how can i make sure all the current options compiled in the kernel > will stay the same except for the firewall ones? i remember there was a way > to make a config file of the current configuration, but i forgot it > and, if i use that method, what line do i need to change? here's what i do. cd /path/to/old/kernel copy .config /someplace/safe cd /path/to/new/kernel cp /someplace/safe/.config ./ make oldconfig [this will only ask you questions which are new to this kernel version] make menuconfig [now change whatever needs to be changed] continue as usual. [dep, bzImage, etc]. note that this depends on having the .config of your current kernel. if it's a distro kernel, you might want to take the hour or two to reconfigure it, since distro kernels are built to suit the widest range of hardware they might encounter - almost everything is compiled, usuaully as modules. -- mulix http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
