On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Gilad Ben-Yossef wrote:

> The easiest solution is:
> 
> 1. Install on the Firewall machine both the bridging patch and the IP
> firewalling on a bridge patch that can be found at
> http://www.openrock.net/bridge. 
> 

I never tried that one. won't the bridging code bypass the forwarding
rules of the IP stack, as it works at the 2nd layer, before the TCP/IP
stack is used? that would defeat the purpose of a firewall I think...

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