[ILUG] ipchains vs. iptables

[hrishy]

what is meant by state of a connection ? 


--- Padraig Brady <padraig at antefacto.com> wrote: >
Barry O'Donovan wrote:
> > Is there a significant difference? Which is
> better?
> 
> The fundamental difference is that iptables tracks
> the state of connections which gives you more
> control, whereas ipchains just looks at each packet
> individually.
> 
> Padraig.
> 
> 
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