Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Mon, 24 Jan 2000 23:03:59 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>
To:        Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
Cc:        current@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: sys/net/bridge.c IPFIREWALL & DUMMYNET?  WTF?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001242303160.462-100000@sasami.jurai.net>
In-Reply-To: <20000124190641.R26520@fw.wintelcom.net>

next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote:
> I'm not sure what your proposing, if it's removing BRIDGE support from
> the kernel, I'd have to object.  BRIDGE enables me to run a transparent
> firewall without worrying about routing issues, just drop a machine
> with BRIDGE and IPFIREWALL in between two points and everything is ok.
> 
> However enable a DIVERT socket, and it all goes to hell last i checked.
> 
> Anyhow, can you clarify?

Take a look at the code in question.  There has got to be a better
solution than duplicating packet-unrolling code that makes bad assumptions
about mbuf layouts.

-- 
| Matthew N. Dodd  | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD  |
| winter@jurai.net |       2 x '84 Volvo 245DL        | ix86,sparc,pmax |
| http://www.jurai.net/~winter | This Space For Rent  | ISO8802.5 4ever |



To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message




Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?Pine.BSF.4.21.0001242303160.462-100000>