On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Paul D. Robertson wrote:
> On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Ron DuFresne wrote:
>
> > Paul, last I read IPfilter runs fine on linux, if I recall all the way
> > back to the 1.X.X kernels, though I might be wrong going back that far,
> > certainly to the 2.0.X kernels.
>
> It runs only on the 2.0.x kernels (I think 2.0.36 is the last one it
> supported.) I'm not sure if the new code compiles there or not though,
> and since it's not a fully supported platform I thought it wasn't worth
> the multi-line "If you don't mind running old kernels on an OS the package
> developer seems to not be focused on..." disclaimer.
There are reasons some folks have stuck with the older kernels, at least
there were unitl I've recent;y heard, some SSL and VPN packages have been
finally ported to the 'newer' 2.2.X kernels.
Thanks,
Ron DuFresne
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