changes in 2.5/2.6 Kernels

changes in 2.5/2.6 Kernels

[Brad Tilley]

Hello and thanks for a great piece of software!!!

I have been told that there are major changes in netfilter/iptables in 
the latest beta kernel 2.5 and that the changes will be made permanent 
in the next stable release 2.6

My question is, will the command syntax change again (like it did from 
ipchains to iptables)? I use iptables daily on routers and I'm very 
comfortable with its logic and syntax. If there is going to be a major 
change, I'd like to know so I can study the change and test it out.

I use iptables mainly for routing/NAT and firewalling networks and 
stand-alone single systems.

Thank you,
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R. Bradley Tilley (Brad), System Administrator
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Re: changes in 2.5/2.6 Kernels

[Harald Welte]

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On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 10:20:38AM -0500, Brad Tilley wrote:
> Hello and thanks for a great piece of software!!!

you're welcome :)

> I have been told that there are major changes in netfilter/iptables in 
> the latest beta kernel 2.5 and that the changes will be made permanent 
> in the next stable release 2.6

well, there was the planned pkttables change, but unfortunately it didn't
get finished before the kernel freeze.

> My question is, will the command syntax change again (like it did from 
> ipchains to iptables)? I use iptables daily on routers and I'm very 
> comfortable with its logic and syntax. If there is going to be a major 
> change, I'd like to know so I can study the change and test it out.

it doesn't look like those changes will make it in before the next stable
release, so everything will stay the same for some time :(

> R. Bradley Tilley (Brad), System Administrator
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