If you have an ipchains setup that you're happy with, there's probably not a lot of incentive to redo all that work for a new system. However, iptables is significantly more functional, especially when it comes to stateful filtering. Iptables will be able to handle some filtering chores that are not possible with ipchains. Try searching google for "iptables vs ipchains", and you'll come up with some good comparisons.
If you decide to use iptables, I'd highly recommend Robert Ziegler's book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735710996/ --Bob On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 03:38:39PM -0700, Brad Mattick wrote: > How are iptables superior to ipchains? Are they more secure? > > I run ipchains on a sparc IPC as my FW, so 2.4.X is an option if it's worth > it. > > -Brad -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
