[Techtalk] Kernel issues

[coldfire]

> This answer to this may be a very obvious, but working with the kernel is
> not my forte.  Basically, on the weekend I was pulling my hair out trying to
> get a 2.4 kernel & iptables firewall to work.

I'm a bigger fan of iptables than ipchains myself ... but ...

> I was hacking on my server box now in preparation for the release of
> Slackware 8.1, which (if slackware-current is reflecting) will only come
> with 2.4.18.  If I drop it down to 2.2.20/21 and use my current IPchains
> setup (pmfirewall), should everything be okay?  I'll use the hacking box to
> experiment with, and maybe I'll figure things out.  (fingers crossed)

if you decide to put a 2.2 kernel on there, it should work just fine with
your existing firewall setup (and ipchains).  I'd also recommend grabbing
the openwall 2.2 kernel :)


coldie