On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 20:55:57 +0100, Harald Welte
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:42:23AM +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
>> I am wondering whether there are point releases for the patch-o-matic
>> stuff available. I feel quite uncomfortable running the latest
>> "bleeding edge" packet filter code on security relevant systems.
>
>I've just released iptables-1.2.6.

And the mainstream iptables releases are compatible with a
patch-o-matic kernel? I thought that the iptables userland code that
can be pulled from the patch-o-matic CVS has been branched?

>Maybe we should unbundle patch-o-matic from the iptables userspace code
>and do lots of releases for patch-o-matic.

That would be a good idea, IMO. Checking out the CVS repository took
almost two hours. But there are some patch-o-matic patches that patch
userland code as well.

>> The HOWTO mentions that I need to have "make dep" before applying the
>> patch. Does the kernel need to be configured at that point? Will a
>> "make clean" break the patches?
>
>Question 1: yes. 
>Question 2: no.

Thanks ;)

Greetings
Marc

P.S. H323 conntrack/NAT works like a charm with the Innovaphone ip400.

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