Red Hat Firewall vs ipchains

From: Allan (newsTAKE.OUT_at_TAKE_OUTcomunity.net)
Date: 12/27/03 

Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2003 02:47:02 GMT

Just a newbie trying to build a linux firewall box...

Can someone give me the 30,000 foot view of firewalls - specifically:

I am installing the smaller (footprint) Red Hat 7.3 for a firewall box. I
was going to run ipchains, and during the install, I am reminded of the
default installation firewall that Red Hat includes...

What can I do with this default installation firewall? Can I use it with a
multi-homed configuration at the gateway to a small network? Should I just
select "no firewall" and then install ipchains?

(Further, is there a whopping difference between ipchains and iptables?)
I am using Linux Firewalls by Robert L. Zeigler as my reference on this
project.

Thanks in advance.
===========================
Allan
Alberta Canada

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