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Timestamp:
05/05/2003 06:09:38 PM (21 years ago)
Author:
Larry Lawrence <larry@…>
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update to iptables-1.2.8

git-svn-id: svn://svn.linuxfromscratch.org/BLFS/trunk/BOOK@906 af4574ff-66df-0310-9fd7-8a98e5e911e0

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  • postlfs/security/iptables/iptables-intro.xml

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    11<sect2>
    2 <title>Introduction to iptables</title>
     2<title>Introduction to <application>iptables</application></title>
    33
    4 <screen>Download location (HTTP):       <ulink url="&iptables-download-http;"/>
    5 Download location (FTP):        <ulink url="&iptables-download-ftp;"/>
    6 Version used:                   &iptables-version;
    7 Package size:                   &iptables-size;
    8 Estimated Disk space required:  &iptables-buildsize;</screen>
    9 
    10 <para>To use firewalling, as well as installing iptables, you will need
     4<para>To use firewalling, as well as installing
     5<application>iptables</application>, you will need
    116to configure the relevant options into your kernel.  This is discussed
    127in the next part of this chapter - <xref linkend="postlfs-security-fw-kernel"/>.</para>
    138
    14 <para>If you intend to use IPv6 you might consider extending the kernel
    15 by running <userinput>make patch-o-matic</userinput> in the top-level
    16 directory of the sources of iptables.  If you are going to do this, on a
    17 freshly untarred kernel, you need to run <userinput>yes "" | make config
    18 &amp;&amp; make dep</userinput> first because otherwise the
    19 patch-o-matic command is likely to fail while setting up
     9<para>If you intend to use <acronym>IP</acronym>v6 you might consider extending
     10the kernel by running <command>make patch-o-matic</command> in the top-level
     11directory of the sources of <application>iptables</application>.  If you are
     12going to do this, on a freshly untarred kernel, you need to run
     13<command>yes "" | make config &amp;&amp; make dep</command> first because
     14otherwise the patch-o-matic command is likely to fail while setting up
    2015some dependencies.</para>
    2116
    2217<para>If you are going to patch the kernel, you need to do it before you
    23 compile iptables, because during the compilation, the kernel source tree
    24 is checked (if it is available at <filename>/usr/src/linux</filename> to
    25 see which features are available.  Support will only be compiled into
    26 iptables for the features recognized at compile-time.  Applying a kernel
    27 patch may result in errors, often because the hooks for the patches
    28 have changed or because the runme script doesn't recognize that a patch
    29 has already been incorporated.</para>
     18compile <application>iptables</application>, because during the compilation,
     19the kernel source tree is checked (if it is available at <filename
     20class="directory">/usr/src/linux-<replaceable>[version]</replaceable>
     21</filename> to see which features are available.  Support will only be compiled
     22into <application>iptables</application> for the features recognized at
     23compile-time.  Applying a kernel patch may result in errors, often because the
     24hooks for the patches have changed or because the runme script doesn't
     25recognize that a patch has already been incorporated.</para>
    3026
    3127<para>Note that for most people, patching the kernel is unnecessary.
    … …  
    3531unlikely to need to!</para>
    3632
     33<sect3><title>Package information</title>
     34<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
     35<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink
     36url="&iptables-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
     37<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
     38url="&iptables-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
     39<listitem><para>Download size: &iptables-size;</para></listitem>
     40<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required:
     41&iptables-buildsize;</para></listitem>
     42<listitem><para>Estimated build time:
     43&iptables-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
     44</sect3>
     45
     46
    3747</sect2>
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