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. -- Amy Tanner amy at real-time.com