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A kernel that supports netfilter. I've tested with 2.4.2 - 2.6.11. Check here for kernel configuration information. iptables 1.2 or later (but I recommend at least version 1.2.9) Iproute (ip utility). The iproute package is included with most distributions but may not be installed by default. The official download site is http://developer.osdl.org/dev/iproute2/download/. A Bourne shell or derivative such as bash or ash. This shell must have correct support for variable expansion formats ${variable%pattern}, ${variable%%pattern}, ${variable#pattern} and ${variable##pattern}. Your shell must produce a sensible result when a number n (128 <= n <= 255) is left shifted by 24 bits. You can check this at a shell prompt by: echo $((128 << 24)) The result must be either 2147483648 or -2147483648. The firewall monitoring display is greatly improved if you have awk (gawk) installed.