From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1ED79m-0002Fe-Ke for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 21:08:35 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j87L1Pw7020632; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 21:01:25 GMT Received: from vms042pub.verizon.net (vms042pub.verizon.net [206.46.252.42]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j87KiOlu015291 for ; Wed, 7 Sep 2005 20:44:24 GMT Received: from mail.joat.com ([71.114.131.89]) by vms042.mailsrvcs.net (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2 HotFix 0.04 (built Dec 24 2004)) with ESMTPA id <0IMG00F4NSFXKRJ0@vms042.mailsrvcs.net> for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 15:47:57 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (cornholio.joat.com [127.0.0.1]) by mail.joat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A08CE7247 for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:47:56 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail.joat.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (cornholio [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 03945-10 for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:47:52 -0400 (EDT) Received: from cdnebinge (jnet.state.pa.us [206.224.31.162]) by mail.joat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP for ; Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:47:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 07 Sep 2005 16:49:27 -0400 From: "Dave Nebinger" Subject: RE: [gentoo-user] Re: iptables example on Gentoo In-reply-to: <431F45F6.5030802@gmail.com> To: Message-id: <005c01c5b3ed$a39e0370$4501010a@jnetlab.lcl> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2527 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.6626 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Importance: Normal X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-priority: Normal DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; b=S1LI00SBa2mGHNh2PelOmno1jBB4TcUiMF1LKlqQubRsFK1CDQfZmgce4xCmi15WKXmr14I58cI7t/LiGJI6bdABJokTirM+kdAvWnSgcS187Wfb0sh0ughgjQP6KjyooOEdsfHdDgtXkGDU4fluNCKGgpffQMSvQUTL+aE2ul8=; c=nofws; d=joat.com; q=dns; s=selector1 X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new 2.3.2 (20050629) at joat.com X-Archives-Salt: 9b964f8a-75b3-4eb0-8cf8-9555b90008ac X-Archives-Hash: faf170139a947d36a98e486fa01a3c64 > As far as functionality and rule set development, I don't think there > is that much of a difference between 2.4 and 2.6. I'm sure there are > tons of cool things that go on under the hood that I don't really know > about, but the implementation is basically the same. 2.6 kernels may > offer newer targets, different kernel hooks, etc., etc., but like I > said, that's a little beyond my current scope. Why not compile a 2.4 > kernel (with netfilter), build a ruleset, then load up your 2.6 kernel > and see what breaks (if anything)? There are new targets and matches in the 2.6 kernel. Also it is my understanding that the internal tables are managed differently, in that the 2.6 implementation is faster in the table processing. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list