[ale] Ipchain/IpTable

[Dow Hurst]

There are more modules for ipchains to allow secure connections with 
audio, games and such that iptables doesn't have yet.  Ipchains is 
tested and tried for many years.  The syntax is easier to deal with too. 
 Only if you need the marking of packets is there any need to move to 
iptables.  Iptables has not been tested nearly as much as ipchains.  Why 
make the job more difficult than it has to be by having required 
duplicate rules for logging in iptables?  Simplify with ipchains and 
keep more functionality for what the usual enduser does.  It is unlikely 
that the extra features in iptables are useful to the average user. 
 That sums up Bob's talk on the highlights. :-)
Dow


David Corbin wrote:

> I have a linux firewall/router that's been running the 2.2 family of 
> kernels for a long time.  For other reasons, I'm upgrading to 2.4.  It 
> appears that 2.4 supports ipchains OR iptables.  My question is, 
> what's the benefit to using iptable over ipchains?  Why should I convert?
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> Thanks
> David
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