From: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>
To: Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org>
Cc: Florian Westphal <fw@strlen.de>, netfilter-devel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] netfilter: bridge: optionally set indev to vlan
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:30:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20120405073059.GD23461@Chamillionaire.breakpoint.cc> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20120405010909.GA6081@1984>
Pablo Neira Ayuso <pablo@netfilter.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 04, 2012 at 09:57:29PM +0200, Florian Westphal wrote:
> > if net.bridge.bridge-nf-filter-vlan-tagged sysctl is enabled, bridge
> > netfilter removes the vlan header temporarily and then feeds the packet
> > to ip(6)tables.
> >
> > When the new "bridge-nf-pass-vlan-input-device" sysctl is on
> > (default off), then bridge netfilter will also change the in/out
> > interface to the vlan interface; if such an interface exists.
> >
> > This is needed to make iptables REDIRECT target work with
> > "vlan-on-top-of-bridge" setups. Also, 'iptables -i' can then be used
> > to match the vlan device name.
> >
> > Also update Documentation with current brnf default settings.
>
> Better to implement a vlan device match for iptables?
That would mean that REDIRECT target is unsupported in vlan-on-bridge
case.
If so, would you accept a man page update that documents this?
Thanks,
Florian
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-05 7:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-04 19:57 [PATCH -next] netfilter: bridge: optionally set indev to vlan Florian Westphal
2012-04-05 1:09 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2012-04-05 7:30 ` Florian Westphal [this message]
2012-04-05 11:09 ` Pablo Neira Ayuso
2012-04-05 17:20 ` Bart De Schuymer
2012-04-05 19:40 ` Florian Westphal
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