--- Stephen Mah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I noticed ipchains was used for Valhalla and > iptables is now used on 8.0. What's the difference > between the two? Is the default "medium" iptable > setting good enough to protect me when using a VPN > client?
That's a pretty loaded question, but I'll take a stab at it anyway. The main difference is that iptables is better IMHO because it keeps track of stateful connections, and is much more than just a filter. It has complete NAT capabilities also. The best and least complex explanation of how it works and how to use it that I've seen so far was written at http://iptables-tutorial.frozentux.net/ I am not sure what the medium setting applies for a ruleset, but if you are concerned about security, the best thing to do is to write your own ruleset. It's fairly simple and easily learnable. ===== Kevin C. McConnell --RHCE-- <Red Hat Certified Engineer> __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos http://launch.yahoo.com/u2
