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Date:      Fri, 8 Dec 2000 12:14:23 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Andrew R. Reiter" <arr@watson.org>
To:        Alwyn Goodloe <agoodloe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Packet Header Filtering
Message-ID:  <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001208121256.49144A-100000@fledge.watson.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.4.21.0012080002140.29544-100000@gradient.cis.upenn.edu>

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Look at ipproto switch table... That might help you find some function
pointers that would be logical to hijack in order to do this sort of
thing.

it's in /usr/src/sys/netinet/*.c somewhere.

andrew

 On Fri, 8 Dec 2000, Alwyn Goodloe wrote:

>    We are about to begin a little project that has the following requiremnet.
> 
>    Perform IP packet filtering  in the following way :
> 
> 
> i) look at an ip packet header. If some conditions are met let the packet pass
>    otherwise reject the packet.
> 
> 
> ii) Look at ip packet headers of established connections and when certain
>     conditions are met tear down the connection. 
> 
> 
>   Obviously this isn't the kind of thing we will be using the usual
> firewall software,  at least not  as I understand the software.  What I 
> want to know from you FreeBSD hackers is:
> 
>  i) if anyone has done something similar do you have any advice.
> ii) Anyone know where I should start hacking. Would it be best to try to
>     hack the firewall code or the ipforwarding code.... 
> 
> Any such advise would be helpful.
> 
> 
> Alwyn Goodloe
> agoodloe@gradient.cis.upenn.edu
> 
> 
> 
> 
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