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Date:      Wed, 27 Jun 2001 12:28:09 -0500
From:      Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com>
To:        Joseph Gleason <freebsd@fireduck.com>
Cc:        freebsd-security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 3 nics - 1 bridge - 2 ips - bad?
Message-ID:  <3B3A17A9.5ADF75BA@centtech.com>
References:  <3B3A0DD7.87EDC7E@centtech.com> <006101c0ff2c$4d75bee0$0a2d2d0a@battleship>

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Thanks for the response.. I think you're correct here, I don't see
anyway to only enable 2 out of 3 interfaces for bridging.  Darn. Oh
well, thanks!



Joseph Gleason wrote:
> 
> I think you might have a problem with the bridging.
> 
> I'm not sure if you can bridge xl0 and xl1 without including xl2.  I could
> be wrong
> And you might be able to pull something off with IPFW rules to exclude xl2
> from the bridging, but I wouldn't trust it.
> 
> What you want certainly looks like two separate and possibly incompatible
> tasks.  My advise would be have two machines do this if at all possible.
> Machine one being your ethernet bridge.  Machine two being the gateway to
> your protected network.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Anderson" <anderson@centtech.com>
> To: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 12:46
> Subject: 3 nics - 1 bridge - 2 ips - bad?
> 
> > Lets say I have 3 NIC's in a machine running FreeBSD 4.2.
> > Is it possible to have this sort of configuration:
> > xl0 - 200.200.200.200 - [interface 1 of bridge0]
> > xl1 - NO IP           - [interface 2 of bridge0]
> > xl2 - 192.168.10.10   - not part of any bridge
> >
> > the 200.200.200.200 number is of course made up, but signifies an
> > interface on the unprotected net.  The 192.168.10.10 interface is also
> > made up, showing an interface on the protected internal net.  Now, the
> > xl1 interface is bridged to xl0, creating a port for passing thru to the
> > unprotected net that xl0 is on.  Is there any inherent security flaws in
> > this configuration (besides having a possible computer plug into the xl1
> > port and not being behind a firewall), assuming it works at all?
> >
> > Thanks in advance..
> >
> > Eric
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> -----
> > Eric Anderson anderson@centtech.com    Centaur Technology    (512)
> > 418-5792
> > For every complex problem, there is a solution that is simple, neat, and
> > wrong.
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