From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 29 13:08:37 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C98116A4B3 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:08:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from kirk.giovannelli.it (kirk.giovannelli.it [194.184.65.4]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E770C43FF7 for ; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 13:08:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gmarco@giovannelli.it) Received: from ppp-48-21.27-151.libero.it (ppp-48-21.27-151.libero.it [151.27.21.48])h8TK9lTf004249; Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:09:48 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from gmarco@giovannelli.it) From: Gianmarco Giovannelli To: Brett Glass , net@freebsd.org Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 22:04:09 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.5.4 References: <200309291802.MAA24393@lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <200309291802.MAA24393@lariat.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200309292204.09316.gmarco@giovannelli.it> X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.3.1(snapshot 20020109) (kirk.giovannelli.it) Subject: Re: Transparent cache/Bridge with FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 20:08:37 -0000 On Monday 29 September 2003 20:02, Brett Glass wrote: > A client has asked me to build a transparent Web cache that acts as > a bridge, not a router. I've never tried using FreeBSD as a bridge. > How would I set this up? Would the firewall rule that forwards > Web requests to the cache process be the same as on a system which > is operating as a router? Luigi just committed some changes to the ipfw code so it can forwards packets also when acting as a bridge. Check the ipfw- list (a message of Luigi of 22 September). Ciaoooo