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  From: Mark Newton <newton@atdot.dotat.org>
  To  : Andrew Hill <list@fornax.net>
  Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2000 07:00:22 +1030

Re: <REQ for comments> : Firewalls

On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 07:48:44PM +1030, Andrew Hill wrote:
 
 > 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.

FreeBSD will do it at layer 2.  It's a pain to configure because you
need physical access to the console, because with no IP addresses you
can't telnet to the bastard, but I suppose that's the entire point 
isn't it :-)

    - mark

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