[Sheflug] Re: Linux 2.4.8

[Richard Ibbotson <nospam [at] sheflug.co.uk>]

All

> Last time I looked at 2.4 was about 2.4.2, and I wasn't overly happy with
> the iptables state-tracking, as I was getting incoming data from
> connections that had been closed, and they were being rejected as not being
> part of a valid connection ... as if iptables said "right that's it -
> connection's closed" and didn't wait for ACK's or whatever from the remote
> end to confirm closure. This however is a non-issue for me today as I've an
> OpenBSD box acting as a dedicated firewall now.

Yes, I've seen some weird things going on with iptables.   It was for that 
reason that I was thinking about going over to Open BSD later this year for 
my domestic firewall box.

Paul Branston said he might help me with it but he's a busy chap and I don't 
know if I can even ask him.

Thanks

Richard
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