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authorthompsa <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>2005-06-07 21:20:18 +0000
committerthompsa <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>2005-06-07 21:20:18 +0000
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Bring in IPFW layer2 filtering from bridge.c, this allows Ethernet filtering
using the layer2, mac and mac-type keywords. This is one of the last features that bridge.c has over if_bridge and gets us very close to a full functional replacement. Approved by: mlaier (mentor)
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/if_bridge.420
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
index 54fa1aa..2e079f5 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ Spanning Tree is used to detect and remove loops in a network topology.
.Pp
When filtering is enabled, bridged packets will pass through the filter
inbound on the originating interface, on the bridge interface and outbound on
-the appropriate interfaces. This behaviour can be controlled using
+the appropriate interfaces.
+Either stage can be disabled, this behaviour can be controlled using
.Xr sysctl 8 :
.Bl -tag -width ".Va net.link.bridge.pfil_member"
.It Va net.link.bridge.pfil_member
@@ -98,11 +99,24 @@ to enable enable filtering on the bridge interface, set
to
.Li 0
to disable it.
+.It Va net.link.bridge.ipfw
+Set to
+.Li 1
+to enable enable layer2 filtering with
+.Xr ipfirewall 4
+, set to
+.Li 0
+to disable it.
+When ipfw is enabled pfil_bridge and pfil_member will be disabled so that IPFW
+is not run twice, these can be re-enabled if desired.
.El
.Pp
ARP and REVARP packets are forwarded without being filtered and others
-that are not IP nor IPv6 packets are not forwarded when filtering is
-enabled.
+that are not IP nor IPv6 packets are not forwarded when
+.Xr pfil 9
+filtering is enabled.
+IPFW can filter Ethernet types using 'mac-type' so all packets are passed to
+the filter for processing.
.Pp
Note that packets to and from the bridging host will be seen by the
filter on the interface with the appropriate address configured as well
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