> proxy:~# dmesg | grep -A1 Bridge
> NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0
> device eth1 entered promiscuous mode

When I run the same command (kernel 2.4.22) I get this:

# dmesg | grep -A1 Bridge
NET4: Ethernet Bridge 008 for NET4.0
Bridge firewalling registered

So the lack of "Bridge firewalling" in your kernel would be a plausible
explanation. Whatever that means... ;-)

I've read somewhere that the "standard" bridge-code in Linux is insufficient
for a transparent proxy. The technical details is long and pretty hard to
understand, but when I read it I did understand parts of it. Anyway, the
bottom-line was a need for patching the kernel.

Now, I've not able to verify the output of dmesg with a "standard bridge" in
Linux, but my best shot would be to sugest that you'd not patched your
kernel with the bridge-nf patch...

I may be wrong though...  ;-)

Bob.

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