Re: [tlug] Is having no "iptables" bad?

["Mauro Sauco" <sauco@example.com>]

On 2006/08/01@??:56, <Stephen J. Turnbull> wrote:
  > >>>>> "Mauro" == Mauro Sauco <sauco@example.com> writes:
  > 
  >     Mauro> Yes, iptables have to be enabled in your kernel but
  >     Mauro> provably you can't compile it as a module but a built-in
  >     Mauro> feature.
  > 
  Stephen> No, iptables works fine as a module.
  
My apologies, I did not actually check it before I post.
IIRC, ip_tables is a module of Netfilter framework therefore Netfilter
is necessary  for ip_tables to operate and Netfilter can not be compiled
as a module, and there my mistake.
  
  Stephen> Note that the module is named "ip_tables", not "iptables" for
  Stephen> some unfathomable reason.

Thank you Sthephen!, I mean for "unfathomable", learnt a new word :)

//mauro//