14 Dec
2001
14 Dec
'01
9:46 a.m.
It is certainly possible to run ipchains with 2.4.x kernels, but you'll need to ensure that it support for it is enabled within the kernel. This may require a re-compile of your current kernel.
The "modern" version is iptables and operates in a similar fashion to ipchains. Again, you'll need to make sure that your kernel has support for iptables enabled (whether it be as a module, in which case just try "modprobe ip_tables", or statically compiled into the kernel itself).
Regards,
Martyn
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-----Original Message-----
From: main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk [mailto:main-admin@lists.alug.org.uk]
On Behalf Of Ian Douglas
Sent: 14 December 2001 08:12
To: ALUG List
Subject: [Alug] ipchains replacement
Hi Folks,
I am a newbie home based Linux user with dial-up access to the internet.
Up
until now, because of the small, infrequent, amount of time I am
actually
connected to the internet, I have simply been ensuring that I always log
on
as a normal user (rather than root) to protect my PC, however I have
recently been wondering whether it would be wise to install some kind of
protection for my PC. Looking in my little Linux text book it would
appear
that "ipchains" would probably be sufficient for my needs (rather than
setting up a dedicated firewall), however, when I try to use ipchains I
get
the error message:
ipchains: Incompatible with this kernel.
The kernel I am using is 2.4.10 and I am wondering if this error message
is
hinting that ipchains has now been superseded. Is there a modern
replacement for ipchains? If so then what is it and where could I find
some
info on setting it up to protect my PC?
Thanks,
Ian.
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