Slackware 8.0 updated to 8.1 - firewall?

[bluehz]

I just updated my slackware 8.0 to 8.1 (actually I did a clean install). I had a firewall that I customized running in the 8.0, but I don't seem to be able to find the mechanism to alter the fw in 8.1. I tried ipfwchain and it tells me kernal does not support it. That is what I used in 8.0.

What is the best way to administer my firewall in Slack 8.1?

[X_console]

Slack 8.1 has support for ipchains and iptables

[Douwe]

Originally posted by bluehz
....and it tells me kernal does not support it.
In the dir /boot there is a file config-ide-2.4.18 which contains the kernel options of the kernel, which you got with Slack 8.1. Indeed IPFWCHAINS is commented out. The remedy is a kernel rebuild, enabling this again, and your firewall should work again. Rebuilding the kernel with enabled only that options you need in your computer, and revising the files in /etc/rc.d, commenting out those unneeded services, result in booting twice as fast & a faster computer anyway!
Whether ipchains is prefered over iptables, I don't know. Hope this helps a bit.