Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 13:52:45 -0700 From: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@FreeBSD.ORG> To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu Cc: ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ipfw(8), bridge(4), and arp(4) Message-ID: <20021002135245.B27273@iguana.icir.org> In-Reply-To: <20021002173620.GA87135@blossom.cjclark.org>; from crist.clark@attbi.com on Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 10:36:20AM -0700 References: <20021002173620.GA87135@blossom.cjclark.org>
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On Wed, Oct 02, 2002 at 10:36:20AM -0700, Crist J. Clark wrote: > I am seeing some strangeness with ipfw(8) and bridge(4). It looks like > ARP is being blocked somewhere for the bridging host. ... > I'm wondering if this is a result of some of the changes to ipfw(8) in > bridging and filtering at the Ethernet layer. Bug or feature? it might certainly depend on that change, and in case, it is a bug (there is probably a pending PR for that). Thanks for the detailed report, i'll see if i can find the time to investigate on it. > luigi, is there something, besides code and commit messages, > documenting the design of ipfw(8) interaction at the link-layer? I've no, sorry. But basically enabling or disabling bridge_ipfw should be transparent for the bridging host. cheers luigi To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ipfw" in the body of the message
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