can you still use ipchains in RH 7.0?

[njcajun]

Hi,

I haven't seen a lot of documentation on how to set up iptables (and yes, I've looked :p ), and I have a kickass ipchains script running on my firewall/router now, which is a RH 6.2 box. Will the script work if I move it over to 7, or is ipchains totally gone?

BTW - is anyone actually doing this?

[ColdPack]

Originally posted by njcajun:
Hi,

I haven't seen a lot of documentation on how to set up iptables (and yes, I've looked :p ), and I have a kickass ipchains script running on my firewall/router now, which is a RH 6.2 box. Will the script work if I move it over to 7, or is ipchains totally gone?

BTW - is anyone actually doing this?

Well, iptables is available only with kernel 2.4. If your rh7.0 is running on kernel 2.2.17 or .18 or something close, then ipchains is still your gig.
By the way, you can still compile ipchains into the 2.4 kernel so, overall, I believe you shouldn't have any problem keeping your ipchains script active. :)

[ 02 February 2001: Message edited by: ColdPack ]

[The King Ant]

Yes, you can use ipchains with a 2.4 kernel (you can also use iptables (the new one) and ipfwadm (the really old one)).

To use ipchains or ipfwadm, iptables support must be compiled as a module or not compiled at all (it can not be built directly into the kernel).

It's under the "Networking Options" --> "IP: Netfilter Configuration" section in make xconfig.

[njcajun]

ok, cool. When I upgraded my kernel, I think I put the new stuff in, so it didn't give me the option of putting ipchains in the kernel. I actually wouldn't mind using iptables, but I can't find anything on it except for news about it replacing ipchains. Until there's some decent docs, I'll stick with ipchains. :cool: