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Date:      Fri, 28 Dec 2001 11:24:55 -0600
From:      "Robert D. Hughes" <rob@robhughes.com>
To:        "FreeBSD-questions" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: Bridging with freebsd/ipfilter
Message-ID:  <B95B566BD245174196CA4EE29E581883092ED4@HEXCH01.robhughes.com>

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Ahh... because it works on OBSD, I assumed it also worked on FBSD. I'll
flail myself appropriately later. However, the IPF FAQ at
http://coombs.anu.edu.au/ipfilter/faq/IPFtoc.html does state its to be
added.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jerry Murdock [mailto:jerry_murdock@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 8:48 AM
To: Robert D. Hughes; FreeBSD-questions
Subject: Re: Bridging with freebsd/ipfilter


--- Robert D. Hughes <rob@robhughes.com> wrote:
> A Google search on +freebsd +ipfw +bridge should get you a ton of
pages
> on how to do exactly that. But the short answer is yes, you can have
an
> addressless firewall using bridging and filter in both directions.=20
>
Unless something has changed recently, "Out" rules do not work with an
IPFW
bridge. I beleive this is what he meant.

> You could also do that using IPF if you don't want to learn ipfw.
>=20
Again, unless something has changed recently, IPF does not work with
FBSD
bridges, only IPFW. =20

I would be happy on both counts if I'm wrong.

Jerry



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