Almost everybody answered "no" already. :)

As a firewall, you should definitely go with iptables. As a NAT, it depends on your 
needs, because there are still a lot of modules for ipchains, and (AFAIK) only the FTP 
is ported to iptables.

Octavio.

At 06:06 p.m. 30/12/2001 +0100, you wrote:
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>I would like to add to that question. I don't believe that you can
>use both of them at the same time because it is two different types
>of firewalls. However, my question is which of them is the better one
>to use? Is there any drawbacks by using one or the other?
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>can I use both ipchains and iptables at the same time??? 
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