iptables.c changes submitted argv value

Philip Craig philipc@snapgear.com
Fri Aug 13 01:05:01 CEST 2004


Henrik Nordstrom wrote:
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Sascha wrote:
>>That's not the point. I'm developing on an embedded device and i have no 
>>space for iptables-store.c, iptables-restore.c and iptables.c.
> 
> 
> All you need is iptables-restore. It has all functions of iptables plus 
> more and is very well suited for batch or daemon operations. What 
> iptables-restore is is a efficient batch interface using the same syntax 
> as iptables (well, it is even the same code so..)

You probably want to have iptables still for debugging/diagnostics.
If so, get the latest version of iptables from CVS and enable DO_MULTI.
This combines all three programs into the one binary.

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Philip Craig - SnapGear, A CyberGuard Company - http://www.SnapGear.com





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