Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2001 15:39:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: Robert Hough <rch@acidpit.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ng_bridge Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0109271539240.65838-100000@InterJet.elischer.org> In-Reply-To: <20010927165304.C23689@acidpit.org>
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well, maybe if you told us what you modified, and what happenned..... On Thu, 27 Sep 2001, Robert Hough wrote: > Yesterday, I used a script on my bridge that pretty much brought down > the entire network segment it was connected to. The script in question, > was found in /usr/share/examples/netgraph -- called 'ether.bridge'. I > modified the script, and ran it -- boom. Problems galore! > > At the time, the bridge did *not* function correctly. I was using a > couple of cards that didn't support bridging. I have since corrected > this, and on a smaller network repeated the same steps. This time, > everything is working correctly. > > My question, is really this. Does anyone have an idea as to why this > caused so much trouble to begin with, and how can I protect my network > from allowing this to happen again? > > -- > Robert Hough (rch@acidpit.org) > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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