Ipchains and Iptables are basically packet filtering tools that allow you
to control what kind of network traffic you want the see/use.
Their use depends on your situation.
If you are in an isolated network (with a firewall already protecting you
from the internet), then ipchains/iptables don't add anything new.
If you are connected to the internet directly, or are using the machine as
a gateway to the internet, then ipchains/iptables can be used to protect
against many types of network attacks.
More information can be found in the IPChains-Howto as well as at
http://netfilter.samba.org/
-Naren
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, rajendra sathe wrote:
> What are ipchains and iptables?
> Will disabling ipchains and iptables matter (security) ?
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> Thank you,
> Rajendra
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