Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266155AbUIVPgR (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:36:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266163AbUIVPgR (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:36:17 -0400 Received: from slartibartfast.pa.net ([66.59.111.182]:26765 "EHLO slartibartfast.pa.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266155AbUIVPgO (ORCPT ); Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:36:14 -0400 Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:31:51 -0400 (EDT) From: William Stearns X-X-Sender: wstearns@sparrow Reply-To: William Stearns To: "Richard B. Johnson" cc: Martin Josefsson , Rusty Russell , Marc Ballarin , Linus Torvalds , ML-netfilter-devel , lkml - Kernel Mailing List , "David S. Miller" , William Stearns Subject: Re: [PATCH] Warn people that ipchains and ipfwadm are going away. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <1095721742.5886.128.camel@bach> <20040921143613.2dc78e2f.Ballarin.Marc@gmx.de> <1095803902.1942.211.camel@bach> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1595 Lines: 41 Good day, all, On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Martin Josefsson wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 Sep 2004, Richard B. Johnson wrote: > > > > > What replaces the firewall stuff? It can't just "go away"! > > > > Ever heard of iptables? > > I guess I'll have to convert 1340 lines of ipchains commands to > iptables -yech! I have a script that does a first pass of converting an ipchains firewall script to an iptables firewall script at http://www.stearns.org/i2i/ipchains2iptables http://www.stearns.org/i2i/ipchains2iptables.README Because of architectural differences between the two firewall technologies it can't produce a perfect translation, but it does handle most of the grunt work. Cheers, - Bill --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The sign on the window next to the entrance of OptInRealBig's offices in Westminster leaves no room for misunderstanding. Or irony. NO SOLICITING." http://www.westword.com/issues/2004-01-29/feature.html/3/index.html -------------------------------------------------------------------------- William Stearns (wstearns@pobox.com). Mason, Buildkernel, freedups, p0f, rsync-backup, ssh-keyinstall, dns-check, more at: http://www.stearns.org -------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/