Re: IPCHAINS/IPTABLES

[Hacksaw <hacksaw hacksaw org>]

> To my surprise both IPCHAINS and IPTABLES was installed - are both needed?
> I thought IPTABLES was a 7.2 thing and IPCHAINS was being replaced by
> tables.

I wouldn't be surprised if when you looked at the ipchains stuff, it was 
expressed in term of iptables calls. It's supposed to be a compatibility layer 
for people like me who are upgrading a box with a 2.2.x kernel and who need 
the box to work a.s.a.p. after the upgrade.

All hail backward compatibility with forward movement!
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