[ale] Firewall design

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net (tfreeman at intel.digichem.net)]

On Tue, 31 May 2005, Joe Steele wrote:

> On Tuesday, May 31, 2005, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> >
> > Is there a way I can plug a Linux box between E-Deltacomm and my Cisco
> > switch and have it do filtering but not have an IP address on either
> > eth0 or eth1.  This could be an invisible inline firewall thingy :)
> 
> What you describe is an ethernet bridging firewall.  
> Take a look at http://ebtables.sourceforge.net/

There also appears to be an applicable article in the most recent issue of 
Linux Journal. (Mine arrived today)

> 
> --Joe
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