-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, ramzez wrote: > I'm new in internet with linux; but I wonder how do a firewall for my >linux RedHat 7.2... what's iptables, ipchains? what's better??
Iptables is more powerful, but ipchains is enabled by default and I think the syntax is a little simpler. It depends on what you need. I generally use ipchains on host-based firewalls because it is good enough and I can set it up relatively quickly. Iptables is not much harder, but the syntax is a different enough that I have to keep the man page handy while I set it up. It includes stateful filtering which means it can allow incoming packets that are associated with an outgoing connection on a port that would otherwise be blocked. Tony - -- Anthony E. Greene <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenPGP Key: 0x6C94239D/7B3D BD7D 7D91 1B44 BA26 C484 A42A 60DD 6C94 239D AOL/Yahoo Chat: TonyG05 HomePage: <http://www.pobox.com/~agreene/> Linux: the choice of a GNU Generation. <http://www.linux.org/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Anthony E. Greene 0x6C94239D <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> iD8DBQE8mQPRpCpg3WyUI50RApeoAJ4yHVxIsDyeQzHfpavGPKsifWTeMgCcDOXZ j9Y2SsDsaoWamdNTxE1wU2E= =gj6B -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
