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List:       gentoo-dev
Subject:    Re: [gentoo-dev] Security usee ipchains
From:       Daniel Robbins <drobbins () gentoo ! org>
Date:       2001-04-27 17:37:01
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2001 at 08:17:45PM +0200, Sebastian Werner wrote:
> I see that the default inet.eth0 use ipchains. It out of date i think, or.
> Gentoo use a 2.4.x kernel version and should use iptables.

I just changed this on CVS; the script now uses rp_filter to enable auto-dropping
of wacky packets.  We'll convert the ifconfig and route commands to use the new "ip"
command at some point, too :)

This fix will show up in 1.0_rc5.

Best Regards,

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Daniel Robbins					<drobbins@gentoo.org>
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