[plug] ipchains vs iptables

[David Broadway]

Yeh, I see I just add the module in to rc.local
I'll see how we go then.

but would I see have to setup, the ipchain ?
eg. ipchains -A forward -s x.x.x.x -i ppp0 -j MASQ

David


----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Jensz" <jensz at wn.com.au>
To: <plug at plug.linux.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2002 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] ipchains vs iptables


> > Good question! I've been playing with ipchains atm. the damn think is
> after
> > a reboot I gotta reload the ipchains.o file, and I think if I reconnect
> the
> > internet connection I think I gotta reload ipchains settings again.
> >
> > Is there a way to install ipchains.o from the boot up, or is that in a
> > re-compile of the kernal?
> >
> > David
>
> Sounds like its compiled as a module.  Stick whatever you do to manually
> load it into one of the startup files (e.g. /etc/rc.d/rc.local), depending
> on which distro you're using.
>
> Also I think when you reconnect to the net, its not so much the ipchains
> rules being reset, probably also the packet forwarding between interfaces
> being disabled.
>
> >
> > All the systems are running a 2.4.x kernel.
> >
> > Andrew
>
> I personally prefer iptables over ipchains and if they are already running
a
> 2.4.x series kernel with iptables support compiled in it'll be easy to
> change over.  But, if you don't need the extra bits and pieces iptables
that
> ipchains doesn't do and ipchains is working fine for what you want it to
do,
> then I wouldn't fix what isn't broken ;o).
>
>
> / Ben
>
>