From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: xerid Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2001 05:02:13 +0000 Subject: Re: [LARTC] Re: LARTC digest, Vol 1 #157 - 11 msgs Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: lartc@vger.kernel.org ok, so "ip" just controls the default flow of data, while "iptables" controls the access authority. I think that's right....... thanks :) On Fri, 6 Apr 2001, Arthur van Leeuwen wrote: > On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, xerid wrote: > > > Hello, > > I was wondering what the difference is between the commands "ip" > > and "iptables", and what's better. I know "iptables" is new to kernel > > 2.4. I've asked this question before, but didnt get a response. > > There is no better. 'ip' gives you access to the TCP/IP stack's settings, > 'iptables' gives you access to the iptables firewalling code. These are two > completely different things. > > Doei, Arthur. > > -- _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://ds9a.nl/2.4Routing/