From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Noino Subject: iptables vs. Linux kernel version question Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:03:22 +0100 Message-ID: <20080329110322.9035678C75@gam.mel.teaser.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: netfilter-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: netfilter@vger.kernel.org Is the a correspondence to be obeyed between the versions of the Linux kernel version & the iptables program ? Specifically, I run a Linux kernel 2.6.5. My actual version of iptables is 1.2.9. Can I replace the latter with an up-to-date version without conflict (or else, up to which version?) - and in the positive, is there anything to be gained from a new iptables program working with the older kernel ? Regards -- Noino