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Date:      Tue, 18 Sep 2001 15:32:38 -0400 (EDT)
From:      project10 <project10@alpha.focalnetworks.net>
To:        Andrew Penniman <apenniman@adelphia.net>
Cc:        <freebsd-security@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: ipfw in a jail-centric environment?
Message-ID:  <20010918153120.O83149-100000@alpha.focalnetworks.net>
In-Reply-To: <003701c14069$bb1d2e00$7811a8c0@GANDALF>

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Andrew,

You have to do packet filtering on the host system, the jails do not allow
(by default, changing it would be a very bad idea) rulesets to be changed
from within a jail. I know this holds true for ipfw, I don't know about
packet filters such as ipf. Natd isn't required.

-Shawn

On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, Andrew Penniman wrote:

> I'm playing with jails for the first time and am not sure how to handle packet filtering in this scenario.
>
> Should the host and jail environments each handle their own packet filtering or is all filtering handled by the host?  Is natd required?
>
> I have tried to locate information on this subject but haven't found anything useful....
>
> Thanks much,
> Andrew Penniman
>


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