ipchains arrives, and the firewall improves
The 2.2 kernel ships ipchains, a new firewall framework that replaces ipfwadm. The interface is cleaner, the semantics are sharper, and the rule language is finally coherent. A walk through the upgrade.
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The 2.2 kernel ships ipchains, a new firewall framework that replaces ipfwadm. The interface is cleaner, the semantics are sharper, and the rule language is finally coherent. A walk through the upgrade.