Ipchains
| ipchains | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Rusty Russell |
| Initial release | pre-1998 |
| Final release | 1.3.10
/ October 6, 2000 |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Linux |
| Platform | Linux kernel |
| Predecessor | ipfirewall |
| Successor | iptables |
| Type | Packet filter management |
| License | GPL |
| Website | people |
Linux IP Firewalling Chains, normally called ipchains, is free software to control the packet filter or firewall capabilities in the 2.2 series of Linux kernels. It superseded ipfirewall (managed by ipfwadm command), but was replaced by iptables in the 2.4 series. Unlike iptables, ipchains is stateless.