[1763] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Liux as a Packet Filter
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Feb 1 03:24:53 1996
From: Alan Cox <alan@cymru.net>
To: andrew@andy.alt.za (Andrew Cameron)
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 09:52:37 +0000 (GMT)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960130213238.253A-100000@andy.alt.za> from "Andrew Cameron" at Jan 30, 96 09:38:28 pm
> Is there a combination of the Linux Kernel and IPFW that actually works
> correctly.
Yes
> I have not been able to get it to work correctly with Kernel 1.2.13 or 1.3.57
Then you have a working firewall set. If you find ipfw hard to fathom don't
be suprised its a nasty tool ported from the PD original for BSDI. ipfwadm
is a far nicer tool and on ftp.xos.nl
Alan
