Newbie iptables question

From: Warpig (ktulu@net2000.com.au)
Date: 01/27/02 

From: Warpig <ktulu@net2000.com.au>
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 18:30:00 +1100

Hi All,

I have been looking around for some doccos regarding iptables and how to
set it up - so far I've found a few that have helpful, can anyone
suggest papers that they found useful?

I an currently running RH7.2 and it states that iptables is preferred,
but will not load if ipchains are defined. Can someone please explain
the difference between iptables and ipchains (pros/cons of each) or
point me to a README.

Thanks,
Leigh

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