From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pascal Hambourg Subject: Re: iptables vs. Linux kernel version question Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 16:39:10 +0100 Message-ID: <47EE629E.8040104@plouf.fr.eu.org> References: <20080329110322.9035678C75@gam.mel.teaser.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20080329110322.9035678C75@gam.mel.teaser.net> Sender: netfilter-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" To: netfilter@vger.kernel.org Hello, Noino a =E9crit : > Is the a correspondence to be obeyed between the versions of the Linu= x=20 > kernel version & the iptables program ? > Specifically, I run a Linux kernel 2.6.5. My actual version of iptabl= es=20 > is 1.2.9. Can I replace the latter with an up-to-date version without= =20 > conflict (or else, up to which version?) I have successully used an old iptables 1.2.11 with a recent Linux=20 kernel 2.6.24, but not the other way around. > - and in the positive, is there=20 > anything to be gained from a new iptables program working with the ol= der=20 > kernel ? - Bug fixes. - If the old iptables is older than the kernel, support for some new=20 matches, targets and options. For exemple the "comment" match support=20 requires Linux kernel >=3D 2.6.9 and iptables >=3D 1.3.0. (OK, this mat= ch=20 may not be interesting enough to justify an upgrade)