From: Nick Fedchik <nick@fedchik.org.ua>
To: bridge@lists.osdl.org
Subject: Re: [Bridge] ebtables?
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 09:16:23 +0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200307240916.23515.nick@fedchik.org.ua> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3F1EE540.4050909@datajunction.com>
On Wednesday 23 July 2003 23:42, David Barcelo wrote:
> What is the point of ebtables?
See to http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/
> Why would I need it?
Who know why?... ;)
To filter ethernet frames (on link Layer), but not only an ip packets
(on Network Layer) on Your Linux-powered bridge (because bridge is [mostly]
Layer 2 (Linkk Layer) device)
> Does it offer any features over iptables for just IP users?
See the iptables/ebtables interaction:
http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/br_fw_ia/br_fw_ia.html
> Does that mean (and I think it does) that without ebtables IPX traffic
would pass a bridge, such as the one this list is for, uninhibited?
http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/documentation.html#what
--
Best regards, Nick Fedchik
FNM3-RIPE(-UANIC) http://www.fedchik.org.ua
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2003-07-24 5:16 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-07-23 19:42 [Bridge] ebtables? David Barcelo
2003-07-23 19:55 ` Jorge# ./S
2003-07-23 21:36 ` George Georgalis
2003-07-24 5:16 ` Nick Fedchik [this message]
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2003-07-23 21:44 bmcdowell
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