Hi again, I 've read the pages ... ... now I'm not sure if I did understand that right ... .. IP-Chains can analyze if a packet is permitted to "go to the target system" or not ( if so, the packet will be dropped or routed ) .. IP-Tables can analyze all packets and Flags ( SYN, FIN, etc. ) no matter where the packets destination is ( if a rule will apply the packet will be dropped or routed ) .. right so ?!?!??!?!??!?! Thanks ! Regards, Bruno Leonhardt Michael Appeldorn An: suse-security@suse.com, BLeonhardt@analytek.de <appeldorn@codix Kopie: x.de> Thema: Re: [suse-security] IPChains and IPTables 07.05.02 11:34 Bitte antworten an Appeldorn Hi all,

what exactly are the main differences between IPChains and IPTables ?

ask google 4: difference ipchains iptables snip ------ Message-ID: <EB5EB93D190ED31180430008C7F3714DB4A503@COSEXCH> From: "Woodworth, Lora" <Lora.Woodworth@cta.com> To: "'security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com'" <security-discuss@linuxsecurity.com> Subject: RE: Difference in ipchains and iptable Date: Wed, 31 Oct 2001 10:32:35 -0700 In short and in general iptables is in the 2.4 Kernel and will allow you to build a stateful firewall. ipchains was in 2.2 Kernel and gives you a stateless firewall. There is a good article about building an iptables based firewall at: http://www.linuxworld.com/site-stories/2001/0920.ipchains.html Also if you want more information do a search at: http://www.linuxsecurity.com and it has quite a few links. ------ snap Yours Michael Appeldorn -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: suse-security-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands, e-mail: suse-security-help@suse.com Security-related bug reports go to security@suse.de, not here