Re: more questions about kernel config options for iptables

[Joel Newkirk <netfilter@newkirk.us>]

On Tuesday 08 April 2003 03:04 am, Joel Newkirk wrote:
>
> For some users, perhaps, but Linux has grown up in (or has gathered,
> depends on your perspective) a community of people who want to know
> what is going on, and have fine-grain control over it at will. 
> Perhaps some day there will be a "make easyconfig" option that will
> set whole banks of appropriate settings based on high-level spoon-fed
> questions targeting a completely non-technical user.  But ATM I'm not
> aware of any 'real' kernel config working this way, as kernel building
> is still targetted largely at the knowledgeable linux-savvy
> user/admin.

> Not to be a smartass, but if you're unsatisfied with the options or
> their groupings, you can always contribute to the kernel effort... :^)
> {kernelsourcetreeroot}/net/ipv4/netfilter/Config.in  is the file that
> controls the construction of the netfilter/iptables-related options
> during make xconfig/menuconfig etc.

Doh!  Just read your previous post.  Please disregard my stupidity... ;^)

j