Hi, On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 23:51:53 -0400 "Walter Dnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > If it is possible to run iptable from cygwin then I'd prefer that > > approach. Anyone have pointers/urls? > > Even if you could do it, running iptables under cygwin is *NOT* what > you want. Cygwin is a *PROGRAM* running under Windows. Windows will > get the packets before iptables-under-cygwin-under-Windows does. Hm, Cygwin isn't a program. It's a compatibility layer that is usually being used as a set of libraries (DLLs). This allows Unixoid programs to use POSIX calls and have an abstraction for things Windows doesn't offer itself. Well, and *iptables* won't ever compile on Windows just using Cygwin. Well, iptables doesn't compile on the BSDs either: It depends on a *kernel* API. Cygwin is all about userland. See it as some kind of glibc on Windows. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
