ipchains
Sign in to saveLinux IP Firewalling Chains, normally called ipchains, is free software to control the packet filter or 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 It superseded ipfirewall (managed by ipfwadm command), but was replaced by iptables in the 2.4 series.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.
Key facts
- Software.name
- ipchains
- Software.developer
- Rusty Russell
- Software.released
- pre-
- Software.latest release version
- 1.3.10
- Software.programming language
- C
- Software.operating system
- Linux
- Software.platform
- Linux kernel
- Software.discontinued
- yes
- Software.replaces
- ipfirewall
- Software.replaced_by
- iptables
- Software.genre
- Packet filter management
- Software.license
- GPL
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Wikidata facts
- Official website
- people.netfilter.org/rusty/ipchains
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- inception
- 1998-00-00
- publication date
- 1998-00-00
- software version identifier
- 1.3.10 (6 октября 2000 года)
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Linux IP Firewalling Chains, normally called ipchains, is free software to control the packet filter or 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 It superseded ipfirewall (managed by ipfwadm command), but was replaced by iptables in the 2.4 series.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.
==History== It is a rewrite of Linux's previous IPv4 firewall, ipfirewall. This newer ipchains was required to manage the packet filter in Linux kernels starting with version 2.1.102 (which was a 2.2 development release). Patches are also available to add ipchains to 2.0 and earlier 2.1 series kernels. Improvements include larger maxima for packet counting, filtering for fragmented packets and a wider range of protocols, and the ability to match packets based on the inverse of a rule.