netfilter/iptables quick question

This may seem like an ignorant question, but...

Can netfilter/iptables be installed on any linux distro, provided that the
linux kernel is at least at 2.4?

"Lyle H. Gray" <gray@no.spam.cs.umass.edu.invalid> wrote in message
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> Can netfilter/iptables be installed on any linux distro, provided
> that the linux kernel is at least at 2.4?

Netfilter and IPtables are integrated in the Linux 2.4.x kernel series. They
are not distribution-specific.

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Yes. As you can see, iptables is made up of two parts: the kernel
implementation, included in most 2.4 kernels (it can be omitted during
compilation but no dostro make that as far as I know) and the user-land
tools, the iptables command you surely know.
You can download the user-space tools from
www.iptables.org
and comile them. It's very easy.


Lyle H. Gray wrote:

> This may seem like an ignorant question, but...
>
> Can netfilter/iptables be installed on any linux distro, provided that the
> linux kernel is at least at 2.4?