[rfc][update]iptables-tutorial 1.2.2

[rfc][update]iptables-tutorial 1.2.2

[Oskar Andreasson]

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Hi All, 

Thought I'd make a small update on the iptables-tutorial since it's now
been longer than I originally anticipated for this release. I'm still
waiting for the first copy of the book to arrive, hence the delay. 

I still have a few things to add to get up to 2.6.18 standards, but I
got (hopefully) 1-2 weeks before my personal deadline for the project. 

Would anyone care to give any suggestions on things that are either more
important than the ones in the listed TODO, or that you believe should
be included? 

Also, the book will be 'perfect bound' hard-cover, 9x6", and right now
is closing in on 400 pages, and that's where I hope it will stop for
now :-). The page count can go up/down pending any layout changes
however. It will run at 33-35 USD + shipping per copy. 

Sidenote, the current french translation seems to be done directly from
the chunky html source, as noted in the TODO. Would anyone be willing to
make a change of this?

Also, basically all the translations needs to be updated if anyone feels
inclined...

The current changelog looks as follows: 
1.2.2
* Added SCTP match.
* Added addrtype match.
* Added link to policy routing using linux by Matthew G. Marsh.
* Added some internal links for better cross linking.
* Added comment match.
* Added hashlimit match.
* Added new --cmd-owner to owner match.
* Added realm match.
* Added important.gif image sign.
* Fixed --limit-burst, bad explanation.
* Fixed s/package/packet/ in MARK target. ("G.W. Haywood"
<gedATjubileegroupDOTcoDOTuk>)
* Added raw table in traversing_of_tables_and_chains.sgml
* Updated tables_traverse.gif with raw table and switched fonts.
* Added UNTRACKED and new untracked connections section in
statemachine.sgml.
* Removed internal catalogs etc, living off of local ones instead.
* Added SCTP characteristics section to tcp_ip_repetition.sgml
* Added all images for the SCTP chapters.
* Remade all header images from the tcp_ip_repetition.sgml chapter.
* Added SCTP headers section in the tcp_ip_repetition.sgml chapter.

My TODO for the tutorial looks like this:
* nf-log??
* Add all new targets in 2.6 kernel and iptables-1.3.6.
-- CLUSTERIP
-- CONNMARK
-- CONNSECMARK?
-- SECMARK?
-- NOTRACK
-- NFQUEUE?
* Remake flow images (Basically all images except header images).
* Add section about VPN and iptables (ie, private incoming traffic to
netfilter box with public iface and vpn iface on top). including
routing. nat'ed ipsec, openvpn. filtering ipsec, openvpn.
* French translation needs to be done in DocBook SGML, please? Should
fix problem with wrong charset encoding.
* Improve explanation of chain traversal. Add explanation of user
defined chains.
* Create index.


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Oskar Andreasson
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Re: [rfc][update]iptables-tutorial 1.2.2

[Eray Aslan]

On Thu, October 19, 2006 7:20 pm, Oskar Andreasson wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Thought I'd make a small update on the iptables-tutorial since it's now
> been longer than I originally anticipated for this release. I'm still
> waiting for the first copy of the book to arrive, hence the delay.
>
> I still have a few things to add to get up to 2.6.18 standards, but I
> got (hopefully) 1-2 weeks before my personal deadline for the project.
>
> Would anyone care to give any suggestions on things that are either more
> important than the ones in the listed TODO, or that you believe should
> be included?
[snip]

Some mention and appropriate links/addresses for l7-filter and p2p addons
would be nice.

-- 
Eray