TRansparent firewalll (pf vs ipfw)
Max Laier
max at love2party.net
Fri Sep 8 10:00:09 PDT 2006
On Friday 08 September 2006 16:56, Mircea Popescu wrote:
> I have an Freebsd 6.0 box with a functioning bridge (bridge0 = fxp0 +
> rl0)
>
> My problem is that if I try to cut access to any port on bridge0
> interface using PF, nothing happens.
>
> For example I've tried to cut access to ssh service from a certain ip
> ... putty still managed to get through.
>
> The rule was:
> block on bridge0 proto { tcp udp } from yy.yy.yy.yy to xx.xx.xx.xx port
> pppppp
>
> BUT, with the following rule:
> block on rl0 proto { tcp udp } from yy.yy.yy.yy to xx.xx.xx.xx. port
> pppppp
>
> Putty couldn't obtain a connection.
I suggest that you read the if_bridge(4) manual page, which talks
extensively about packet filtering options.
> Considering the fact that in linux, which I gave up using, making a
> bridge would disable the interfaces within, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SOME
> QUESTIONS ANSWERED:
>
> 1. Once the bridge0 interface is created, the fxp0 and rl0 interfaces
> could still get their own ip addresses? (in linux this would be
> imposible)
You can either assign an IP to the interface or to the bridge itself,
iirc.
> 2. Which firewall it is more desirable to use with a bridge? PF or
> IPFW)
The one you understand best and like the most.
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