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  From: Andrew Hill <list@fornax.net>
  To  : Earnshaw, Mike" <earnshawm@wa.switch.aust.com>, "'linuxsa@linuxsa.org.au' <earnshawm@wa.switch.aust.com>
  Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 19:48:44 +1030

Re: <REQ for comments> : Firewalls

Andrew Hill wrote:
> switching stuff (yes, I'm a bit vague on this still  - would a Linux box
> be a bridge firewall? Or not, as it has its own IP, whereas Lucent's
> Brick can be set up without one?)

To answer my own question: No, it wouldn't be, as Linux would be using
routing tables to decide where the packets go between the two
interfaces, so it's L3 routing, not L2.

-- 

Andrew Hill

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