On Thu, Nov 15, 2001 at 02:57:16PM +0000, scott.w.fischer at att.net (scott.w.fischer at att.net) wrote:
> > But iptables is cool. There shouldn't be anything stopping you from using it. 
> > Just rmmod ipchains and iptables should be good to go. (IIRC, you need 
> > iptables compiled in or the iptables module has to be loaded to use ipchains 
> > in 2.4, and ipchains is only avail as a module. Once ipchains module is 
> > loaded, iptables doesn't work.)
> 
> So is there a half-page intro to configuring iptables?
> 
> 1.  Do this to enable kernel support.
> 2.  Do this to set it up for ssh/http/https only.
> 3.  Do this to allow full access from XX network/ip.
> 4.  Do this to start/stop/restart.

Read the HOWTO:

http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/packet-filtering-HOWTO/packet-filtering-HOWTO.linuxdoc.html

all howtos can be found at www.linuxdoc.org

also, google is your friend - a simple search of iptables and howto came
up with several relevant hits.

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Amy Tanner
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