[olug] security and firewall/gateway

[Mike Peterson]

To run iptables with Redhat 7.1, do you have to add a startup script to
add/insert the iptables into the kernel at startup?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Brutsche" <phil at giedi.obix.com>
To: <olug at bstc.net>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [olug] security and firewall/gateway


> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
>
> > iptables and ipchains cannot be run at the same time correct?
> > one or the other must be running in the kernel and only one.
>
> This is correct.
>
> > Is there a threshold at which you need to switch from ipchains to
iptables?
> > Is it above or below 25 clients sharing the same gateway?
>
> The number of clients behind the firewall is totally irrevelant.
>
> ipchains can handle a very large number of clients just as easily as
> iptables.
>
> If you're using the 2.4 kernel you *really* *really* should be using
> iptables - ipchains works with 2.4 but is provided for *only* for
> backwards compatibility with 2.2 kernels.
>
> Don't expect ipchains to be around beyond 2.4.
>
>
> Phil
>
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