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

[Dave M G <martin@example.com>]

Godwin, Botond,

Thank you for responding.

I'm kind of confused right now. All the advice is not going in a single 
direction.

Here's what I think I should do:

Take the .config file from /usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.15-25-686/.config 
and use that as my base reference file. I figure that's the one to go 
with as it's the config file from the last installation I had before 
upgrading the kernel. And since it was the Ubuntu config... well, I 
don't know why that would be good, but since I'm using Ubuntu, an Ubuntu 
config file should be a good thing, shouldn't it?

Then tweak that config file for some performance considerations and 
ip_tables and IVTV and things.

Then recompile it and install it.

The thing is that I don't see how I'm supposed to know what modules I 
should need. Like, how was I ever going to guess that ip_tables would be 
an issue? How can I know what the next issue will be?

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Dave M G