On Fri, Feb 01, 2002 at 10:20:52AM -0600, Chuck Bearden wrote:

> > > Jan 31 18:01:19 public09 kernel: br_host: IN=br0 OUT= 
>MAC=00:11:22:33:ff:ee:dd:e0:44:55:66:aa:bb:cc SRC=172.20.38.174 DST=172.20.37.9 
>LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=48464 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=2740 DPT=22 WINDOW=16060 
>RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 
> > > Jan 31 18:01:22 public09 kernel: br_host: IN=br0 OUT= 
>MAC=00:11:22:33:ff:ee:dd:e0:44:55:66:aa:bb:cc SRC=172.20.38.174 DST=172.20.37.9 
>LEN=60 TOS=0x00 PREC=0x00 TTL=63 ID=48467 DF PROTO=TCP SPT=2740 DPT=22 WINDOW=16060 
>RES=0x00 SYN URGP=0 
> > > 
> > > I don't see any 'PHYSIN=eth1' section in the log lines, which makes 
> > > me suspicious.
> > 
> > It would seem that the kernel you are running has not had the bridge-nf
> > patch applied to it.  Do you see "Bridge firewalling registered" on
> > bootup?
>  
> No, I didn't see that message when I scrolled back through the boot 
> console.  Also, /usr/doc/kernel-image-2.4.17-586tsc/README.Debian.1st.gz
> doesn't list bridge-nf among the two patches applied to the 2.4.17 
> kernel.  It lists only a ReiserFS umount patch and a NFS client 
> seekdir patch.

So.. you're not using the firewall patch for the kernel.  The bridge
firewalling code lives in the kernel, and not in userspace.


> Adrian Bunk's bridgeutils package does include a FIREWALL and 
> FIREWALL.IPTABLES in /usr/doc/bridge-utils/, which leads me to 
> believe that they expect that it can firewall in bridging mode.  

Nope.  You _do_ need the patch.


> Would it be fair to conclude that the unpatched kernel 2.4.17 can do 
> bridging firewalling but that it just can't do the filtering of 
> packets to the bridge itself by physical interface?

No.  You can't do FORWARD firealling without the patch at all.


cheers,
Lennert
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