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Date:      Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:54:32 +0100
From:      Joost Bekkers <joost@jodocus.org>
To:        hiten@uk.FreeBSD.org
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Transparent Firewalling with FreeBSD (bridge and ipf)
Message-ID:  <20020226185432.A22079@bps.jodocus.org>
In-Reply-To: <20020226114158.12986.qmail@web21107.mail.yahoo.com>; from hitmaster2k@yahoo.com on Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 03:41:58AM -0800
References:  <20020226114158.12986.qmail@web21107.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Tue, Feb 26, 2002 at 03:41:58AM -0800, Hiten Pandya wrote:
> hi all,
> 
> I was wondering, if it is possible to do transparent firewalling,
> with BRIDGE, and IPF support in FreeBSD.  Basically, I have to use
> it in a fiber-optic environment, where security is a very big issue,
> and a transparent firewall has been suggested.  I know OpenBSD can do
> this, but would be more happy to do it with FreeBSD.
> 

Using IPF on bridged traffic is not suppoted. Using IPFW however is.
However, keep in mind that only ip (as in starts with an ip header) is
passed through the firewall rules. All other packets get passed.
(yes, the man page claims something different here.)

-- 
greetz Joost
joost@jodocus.org

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