ipchains will work with 2.4 BUT iptables has more funcionality and is the
ONE that is taking over ipchains for kernels 2.4 and newer.
Here is a URL that can help you..
http://netfilter.samba.org/
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tally Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "redhat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 5:04 AM
Subject: difference between ipchain ipfilter iptable
> i know i need to find it myself with all the info
> available on the internet. but i did a initial reading
> (though just cursory) and find all these utilities (or
> programs) that do packet filtering.
> and ip filter is basically for bsd OS,though a port
> has been written to linux as well and solaris as well
>
> ipchain ipfwadm
> ipfilter
> iptables
> netfilter
>
> if you can just identify as to which one is the one to
> be used on linux 2.4 then it could give me a head
> start as i have linux with me.
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