Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 21:25:55 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <crist.clark@attbi.com> To: Andriy Gapon <agapon@excite.com> Cc: freebsd-ipfw@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT and bridge Message-ID: <20021018042555.GA42581@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <20021017145455.O1073-100000@edge.foundation.invalid> References: <20021017145455.O1073-100000@edge.foundation.invalid>
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On Thu, Oct 17, 2002 at 03:01:32PM -0400, Andriy Gapon wrote:
>
> In the situation of host with 3 interfaces and bridging done between two
> of them, when would I need IPFIREWALL_DEFAULT_TO_ACCEPT kernel option ?
Never.
> Is it only if I want filter bridged traffic ?
You don't need it then either/
> Will this option allow all non-ip traffic with IPFW2 or do I need add the
> rule for non-ip traffic before 'deny everything' rule ?
If you are just talking about ARP, it should "just work" without the
option.
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