Re: FW: if_bridge

Lee Sharp <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Chris Buechler wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Mohammed Ismail<[email protected]> wrote:
>> I though of something,
>>
>> While Captive portal running we cannot have bridged interfaces. Or if we
>> have interfaces bridged, we cannot have CP running on one of them.
>>
>> What about running CP on a virtual interface. That could be the key to
>> bridge as many PCI cards wired or Wireless with LAN
>>
>> The way CP works, reject to work while having bridged interfaces, If it was
>> one of them,
>>
>> What about having interface br0 which is the bridge interface as long as it
>> is converted to if_bridge lately?
>>
> 
> That may be done at some point in the future (you're welcome to
> contribute it). For now, if it works just by loosening the input
> validation (I think it should), that allows the same thing since one
> of the interfaces will have an IP. I believe Lee said he would test
> that, I'll fix the input validation if it works that way.

I did, but apparently I was lying... :)  I have had no time to test 
squat, as I have been beat up by an Askozia project.  with my 
vocabulary, the people next door must think sailors work here lately... 
  In short, I may not get to it for a while.  Sorry...

			Lee
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