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Date:      28 Dec 2005 09:38:45 -0500
From:      Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org>
To:        Aaron Peterson <lloyd.peterson@gmail.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: pf, pfil hooks and if_bridge
Message-ID:  <44wthpmglm.fsf@be-well.ilk.org>
In-Reply-To: <95550eab0512280613gf48a1fawd054b1b0b2594346@mail.gmail.com>
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Aaron Peterson <lloyd.peterson@gmail.com> writes:

> On 28 Dec 2005 08:45:06 -0500, Lowell Gilbert
> <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> wrote:
> > Aaron Peterson <lloyd.peterson@gmail.com> writes:
> >
> > > I was reading about the new if_bridge driver, and the ability of any
> > > packet filter to interface with it that uses pfil hooks.  But I can't
> > > seem to find any documentation that says whether pf is such a packet
> > > filter?  Would someone enlighten me if pf is useable with the new
> > > if_bridge driver?
> >
> >
> >  $ grep 'pfil\.h' /usr/scratch/ncvs/src/sys/contrib/pf/*/*
> >  /usr/scratch/ncvs/src/sys/contrib/pf/net/pf_ioctl.c,v:#include <net/pfil.h>
> >  $
> >
> > So, the answer is "yes."
> 
> Thanks, I think it's likely I would not have figured that out on my own :-)

That was the condensed version.  ;-)

I was also checking on the configuration, but it looks like the
if_bridge(4) manual page is all you need.  I didn't *try* it, 
however, so I can't guarantee I caught all of the important points.



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