----- Original Message -----
From: "dgilleece" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 6:34 AM
Subject: Re: [Leaf-user] Bering Firewall without NAT


> I had to do something similar recently, and I'm still amazed at how
uncommon
> it seems to be -- there are not many examples around.
>
> I can't speak to Bering-specific configurations, as I have only used
> Shorewall on Red Hat and SuSE "minimal" installations, but I assume it is
> Shorewall that will take the lead in your scenario.
>
> The secret for Shorewall is the proxyarp file, since Proxy-arp must be
used
> to do what you are looking to do.  Getting the proxyarp file configured
can
> be a bit time-consuming, as it must explicitly list each IP address for
> which it will proxy, plus a few other configuration parameters.  To assist
> with this task, I created a short Perl script, that you can find here:
> http://www.optimumnetworks.com/PAconfig .

Sounds like Jonathan could also use the bridge patches together with
Shorewall thus avoiding Proxy ARP. I know that Jacque has been working with
someone to test bridging with Bering but I haven't heard about any results
recently.

Even if Proxy ARP is used, with only two firewall interfaces and the
requirement to Proxy ARP the entire subnet behind the firewall, I wouldn't
use the /etc/shorewall/proxyarp file at all. I would instead:

    echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/config/all/proxy_arp

That way, the firewall will Proxy ARP in both directions using the
firewall's routing table.

-Tom
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