Hi, On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:58 AM, Linux Advocate <[email protected]> wrote:
> a firewall with 67 network interfaces.... wow does such a beast even > exist? soory but i m just so curious...i was always thinking that the > max numbers of interfaces will be about 6 ( 2 built in , 4 pci slots > ). hope you can enlighten us abt yr machine ... after yr solve yr > problem of course.... It's very common in large deployments when you use VLAN interfaces. Linux natively supports 802.1Q VLAN tagging, very common in every managed switch. To shorewall, it's another interface, just like any other one. The kernel abstracts all that. -- MARLON DUTRA Propus GnuPG ID: 0x3E2060AC pgp.mit.edu http://www.propus.com.br/ http://hackers.propus.com.br/~marlon/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Create and Deploy Rich Internet Apps outside the browser with Adobe(R)AIR(TM) software. With Adobe AIR, Ajax developers can use existing skills and code to build responsive, highly engaging applications that combine the power of local resources and data with the reach of the web. Download the Adobe AIR SDK and Ajax docs to start building applications today-http://p.sf.net/sfu/adobe-com _______________________________________________ Shorewall-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/shorewall-users
