Sandeep Shetty wrote:
> 
> Hello all,
>    What is an ipchain?
<snip>

It's the Linux 2.2.x implementation of a firewall. You can control with
it on the IP packet level which packets you wish to receive and which
you want to block. Also, it is used for masquerading. There is a
ipchains-HOWTO at www.linuxdoc.org.

Marc

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Marc Mutz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>        http://marc.mutz.com/Encryption-HOWTO/
University of Bielefeld, Dep. of Mathematics / Dep. of Physics

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