Re: Noob Question

[Ray Leach <raymondl@knowledgefactory.co.za>]

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On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 16:13, Kevin Smith wrote:
> Does IPtables need to be recompiled every time you roll a new kernel?
> I just compiled 2.4.22 and when my firewall (Shorewall) started, it
> spit some "device busy" errors with ip_tables.o. 
> Kev
No. The kernel source includes (at least as far as I recall) the
iptables kernel space drivers/programs/libraries.

The userspace tools (the iptables executables used to manage rules) are
separate, and do not get recompiled every time you recompile the kernel.

The exception would be if you have iptables v0.1.0 (for example)
userspace programs and in your kernel have iptables v1.2.8 source code,
then there would be a mismatch, and the userspace programs may be
incompatible with the kernel modules.

Best to keep them all the same.
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