> I checked out arptables on Fedora. The package is arptables_jf; the
> synopsis says that:
>
>       Arptables_jf is a fork of arptables from
>       ebtables.sourceforge.net written by Jay Fenlason.
>
> So apparently, Jay decided that the etables team has been neglecting his
> baby and has decided to take it back.
Don't know who he is (as if I would care, though - there are a lot of 
self-inflated egos in that circle who think they are the next 
Ein-bloody-stein), but if he decided to fork it on his own, that's 
always a bad sign, so stay well-clear indeed. I also just noticed the 
version of arptables_jf (as distributed by Fedora) - 0.0.8 - that 
doesn't fill me with much confidence. No wonder I couldn't get a lot of 
the stuff to work "as advertised" - as my last few posts on the subject 
will testify.

>  In view of this development, I'm
> not going to do anything right now. AFAICT, Jay's arptables is still a
> subset of ebtables and I think that the best long-term strategy for
> Shorewall is to support ebtables. That isn't a small project and will
> require several months to bring to fruition.
>   
Seems like a wise move.

> I'll await your report.
>   
I'll post it as soon as I can.


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