ipchains
| Developer(s) | Rusty Russell |
|---|---|
| Initial release | pre-1998 |
| Final release | 1.3.10
/ October 6, 2000 |
| Written in | GPL |
| Website | people |
Linux IP Firewalling Chains, normally called ipchains, is
firewall capabilities in the 2.2 series of Linux kernels. It superseded ipfirewall (managed by ipfwadm command), but was replaced by iptables in the 2.4 series. Unlike iptables, ipchains is stateless
.
It is a rewrite of Linux's previous
protocols, and the ability to match packets based on the inverse of a rule.[1]
The ipchains suite also included some shell scripts for easier maintenance and to emulate the behavior of the old ipfwadm command.
The ipchains software was superseded by the iptables system in Linux kernel 2.4 and above,[2] which was in turn superseded by the nftables system in 2014.
References
- ^ Russell, Rusty (2000-07-04). "Linux IPCHAINS-HOWTO" (version 1.0.8 ed.). Archived from the original on 2012-02-16. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
- ^ "netfilter/iptables project homepage". 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2009-02-08.
External links
- IPChains HOWTO: on TLDP and on FAQs.org
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