Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 10:32:37 +0300 From: Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.org> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: RFC: ported NetBSD if_bridge Message-ID: <20040417073237.GB82387@ip.net.ua> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0404170017460.66312-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> References: <20040417060307.GC67219@kate.fud.org.nz> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0404170017460.66312-100000@InterJet.elischer.org>
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--uQr8t48UFsdbeI+V Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 12:24:41AM -0700, Julian Elischer wrote: [...] > first learn about all the existing features, including netgraph > which has so many hidden features that you can just about=20 > re-impliment several standard network features using it.. >=20 Definitely! That's the best constructor I've ever had since I was a child. ;) > > I guess the main advantage is that all three > > *BSDs would have the same code and interface. While I imported it from = NetBSD, > > it originated in OpenBSD. Thats assuming anyone cares about that sort of > > thing. > >=20 >=20 > ng_bridge allows you to bridge to things other than interfaces.. > e.g. You can bridge 2 ethernet interfaces and a UDP tunnel > and have the other end of the tunnel bridged back to ethernet. >=20 > e.g. >=20 > en1----+ +---- en2 > [ng_bridge]--[UDP]-------[UDP]----[ng_bridge] > en3----+ +---- en4 >=20 Filtering can be done with ng_bpf(4). OK, I guess that's enough Netgraph propaganda. ;) Cheers, --=20 Ruslan Ermilov ru@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer --uQr8t48UFsdbeI+V Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAgN2VUkv4P6juNwoRAhfsAJoC9QZjOAUfw9DCx5GpryRNSGgIMQCfY/ON umAwQN1pVXRP8iG7flRKeD8= =w8au -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --uQr8t48UFsdbeI+V--
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