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authorthompsa <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>2005-09-06 22:38:40 +0000
committerthompsa <thompsa@FreeBSD.org>2005-09-06 22:38:40 +0000
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Clarify that any firewall that has pfil(9) hooks can be used.
Suggested by: sam Approved by: mlaier (mentor) MFC after: 3 days
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-rw-r--r--share/man/man4/if_bridge.48
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4 b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
index 0a8c624..545e514 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/if_bridge.4
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ The
driver implements the IEEE 802.1D Spanning Tree protocol (STP).
Spanning Tree is used to detect and remove loops in a network topology.
.Pp
+Packet filtering can be used with any firewall package that hooks in via the
+.Xr pfil 9
+framework.
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.
@@ -171,7 +174,10 @@ ifconfig bridge0 \e
up
.Ed
.Sh SEE ALSO
-.Xr ifconfig 8
+.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
+.Xr ipfw 4 ,
+.Xr ipf 4 ,
+.Xr pf 4
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
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