From owner-freebsd-pf@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 13 07:57:17 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 698B516A4CE for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:57:17 +0000 (GMT) Received: from smtp-relay.tamu.edu (smtp-relay.tamu.edu [165.91.143.199]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1FFB743D41 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:57:17 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from tyler@neo.tamu.edu) Received: from neo.tamu.edu (xyzzy-5.tamu.edu [165.91.22.29]) by smtp-relay.tamu.edu (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id j0D7vE5V028776 for ; Thu, 13 Jan 2005 01:57:14 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <200501130757.j0D7vE5V028776@smtp-relay.tamu.edu> Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:57:14 -0000 To: From: "Ballance, Robert T" X-Mailer: TWIG 2.6.2 X-Client-IP: Subject: Bridging + pf in a production environment X-BeenThere: freebsd-pf@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: tyler@neo.tamu.edu List-Id: Technical discussion and general questions about packet filter (pf) List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 07:57:17 -0000 Howdy list, My university is starting to seriously look into migrating from our convoluted Slackware Linux + iptables bridging solution to a FreeBSD + pf bridging solution. I've been reading around about it, after the mention by Solarflux about there being problems currently with bridging with pf on FreeBSD. Which worries me, he mentioned the option of using OpenBSD, which, is an option, but whatever we commit to, we're going to commit to for a good couple of years. (We have been using Slackware for about 2 years thus far) Is anybody currently working on bringing of if_bridge from Net/OpenBSD as Max suggests (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-pf/2005-January/000734.html) If not, if anybody could really outline how fixing this problem could be fixed (past maybe just importing if_bridge) I might be able to convince my employer to pay me to work on it ;) (after all, I'm just a measely student worker :P) Let me know :) -R. Tyler Ballance