Kernel security patch

Hi everyone I want to patch the suse 2.2.16 with the Openwall kernel patch yet I am not quite sure 1) will that add an extra security that I can not achive with the ipchains rules 2) is there any thing I should take care before I apply the patch if I realy want to to that thx ibn advance -- Togan Muftuoglu toganm@turk.net 100% MS FREE Absolutely no component of Microsoft was used in the generation or posting of this e-mail. So it is virus free