Wasn't there an ipchains ---> iptables compatibility mode?

Posted Mar 25, 2009 1:00 UTC (Wed) by dlang (guest, #313)
In reply to: Wasn't there an ipchains ---> iptables compatibility mode? by wstearns
Parent article: Nftables: a new packet filtering engine

there were a lot over conversion scripts, but nothing in the kernel.

You are totally wrong

Posted Mar 26, 2009 7:51 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

Google for "ipchains emulation" and you'll find tons of links to messages about problems with said in-kernel emulation. May be this is why you remember only conversion scripts? IPchains emulation was incomplete and ineffective - that's why most admins just converted scripts: it was easier to convert scripts then to fight problems in emulation. But is was there - that's for sure...