tools

What is the minimum tools needed to access the internet net-tools and
ipchains?

Bill

Bill Cunningham wrote:
> What is the minimum tools needed to access the internet net-tools and
> ipchains?
>
> Bill
>
>
ipchains is deprecated and replaced by netfilter (iptables)
if you still have it on your system ask yourself if you really still
want to run a
2.2.x kernel or lower

Bill Cunningham wrote:
> What is the minimum tools needed to access the internet net-tools and
> ipchains?

That depends on what you mean by "the Internet." Sadly, most people
mean the web (tcp/80 and tcp/443). For that you need a browser of some
sort.

Otherwise, you need to be able to configure an IP address on some
interface your kernel can handle and set a default route. net-tools can
do both for you.

You do not have to configure ipchains/iptables at all for functionality,
although generally you should for security.