The current linux libc headers package is much more frequently updated 
and closely matches released kernels.  LLH is a sanitized linux headers 
package and is currently based on 2.6.6 headers.

Yes you can build iptables on 2.6.6 for a 2.6.7 kernel.  I have built 
iptables once or twice a year and built kernels once or twice a week.  
Iptables continues to work fine.

David

Andrew Walrond wrote:

>Hi David,
>
>On Friday 18 Jun 2004 17:10, David Ford wrote:
>  
>
>>Iptables should be using linux-libc-headers headers instead of kernel
>>headers.
>>    
>>
>
>Is this acquired knowledge, or new Netfilter policy?
>How dependant are the iptables tools on the specifc kernel running?
>
>Ie
>Can I build iptables for use on 2.6.7 kernel with 2.6.6 linux-libc-headers? 
>(probably)
>
>But could I build iptables for 2.6.7 kernel with 2.4.20 linux-libc-headers? 
>(probably not?)
>
>The INSTALL file states specifically to use 
>KERNEL_DIR=<<where-you-built-your-kernel>>
>
>Andrew
>  
>