calyth said: > All, > I was downloading iptables, and was going to set it up on a box so that > it would be my router... > After downloading the iptables package, it says that iptables was not > recommended by Debian. Given the server was using the stable distro. Is > there any reason why it should do so? > Also any good tutorials for setting up NAT / Masquerading using > iptables? I'm reading one of the tutorials from netfilter.org and it's > taking way too long for me to read.....
odd that it would say that. where exactly did you see it? iptables is the the primary firewalling method for the 2.4.x. I am almost certain it is highly reccomended. I have done several debian installs and have never seen such a message.. nate -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]