[clug] modprobe ip_tables fails

[Paul]

On 7/12/2009 11:37 PM, Amitay Isaacs wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:37 PM, Paul <mylists at wilsononline.id.au 
> <mailto:mylists at wilsononline.id.au>> wrote:
> 
>     I have a stock Fedora Kernel (F10) and jsut wondering if people can
>     tell me if I still need to modprobe ip_tables module during Firewall
>     (iptables) startup
> 
>     I just noticed this on my firewall log file
> 
>     Loading kernel modules: ip_tables, FATAL: Module ip_tables not found.
> 
>     which was a result of a
>     modprobe ip_tables
> 
>     The only thing I have done recently is recompile some " v4l-dvb"
>     modules which I'm almost certain won't affect the netfiler/iptables
>     modules
> 
>     any know if this is an issue?
> 
> 
> There is no ip_tables module in F10. The iptables support for IPv4 is 
> built in the kernel.
> For IPv6, there is a iptables module ip6_tables.
> 
> So you don't need "modprobe ip_tables" in F10 as long as you are using 
> only IPv4.
> 
> 
> Amitay. 


thanks for that, I also notice that  ip_conntrack is not found is that not required any 
more too?

cheers

Paul