iptables

[William Park]

On Thu, May 19, 2005 at 05:04:32PM -0400, Anthony Alex wrote:
> I would like to understand how the iptables work, can someone
> recommend a good book for a newbie for this topic? I mean from the
> ground up ?  
> 
> Unlike Windows, Linux can vary from system to system due the numerious
> distributions out there. Question pertaining to this, due to the fact
> that linux can be customized to one's need's,  the original identity
> of the system can be sometimes totally lost. Is there a way to find
> out,  what the original distribution was, before it was mangled ?

Actually, IPtable is fairly standard across all distro, because it's
implemented through kernel modules.  Same kernel, same modules.  Rules
by which packets are filtered are, of course, depend on situation.

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