[Techtalk] Kernel issues

caitlynmaire at earthlink.net caitlynmaire at earthlink.net
Tue Jun 11 14:24:22 EST 2002


Hi, Jennifer,
> 
> 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? 

You do not need to downgrade the kernel to use ipchains.  Red Hat 7.3,
for example, ships with both iptables and ipchains.  ipchains can work
perfectly well with a 2.4.18 kernel.

All the best,
Caity



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