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SubjectRe: ipfwadm on Version 2.1.102
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In message <Pine.LNX.3.95.980515173331.547B-100000@chaos.analogic.com> you writ
e:
> Either the kernel 2.1.102 firewall code is broken or something broke
> ipfwadm.

Yep, ipfwadm has been broken, as the firewalling code was replaced
with a rewrite.

> ..../linux/Documentation/Changes tells only about net-tools. The latest
> version disclaims any ownership of routing tools and advises to
> go to a Web-site that has files from 1996 (probably a little old).

Dave, please apply this patch:

--- linux/Documentation/Changes.~1~ Sat May 16 04:25:57 1998
+++ linux/Documentation/Changes Sat May 16 11:13:14 1998
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@
of /proc/net/dev changed; as a result, an older ifconfig will
incorrectly report errors.

+ The IP firewalling code has been replaced: ipfwadm will no longer
+work. You need to obtain `ipchains', available from
+http://www.adelaide.net.au/~rustcorp/ipfwchains/ipfwchains.html
+which includes an ipfwadm wrapper.
+
Memory
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Rusty.
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