replacement of iptables

[Derick Centeno]

On Fri, 2004-09-17 at 15:40, Matthias Saou wrote:
> Derick Centeno wrote :
> 
> > I think it would be a good idea to give a "Heads up" on this list and
> > notify those who may be interested that iptables are completely replaced
> > in higher level kernels with a new technology. [...]
> 
> 1) This is simply not true. Maybe you meant the netfilter core?
> 2) This doesn't have anything to do with the current thread.
> 
> I really don't get what you were trying to say... network devices should
> still be labeled the same, and only a few kernel modules change name now
> and then (Realtek 8139 would be a good example), but overall firewalling
> hasn't changed as much from 2.4 to 2.6 kernels as it had from 2.2 to 2.4
> when netfilter/iptables was introduced.
> 
> Matthias