Re: include/linux/netfilter_bridge/ebt_arp.h

On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, Bart De Schuymer wrote:

> > BTW I'm implementing some contribs to ebtables, include arp-replyer
> > (replies with arbitrary mac address) and indexed snat/dnat (a large
> > target, which does MAC snatting/dnatting the packets dependently of their
> > IP addresses). I'll publish them ASAP. I hope You will enjoy it.
>
> I'm looking forward to see them. I don't know the code of course, but it might
> be that this arp-replyer code would be better suited as an arptables
> extension. Check out the CVS for arptables and a very recent kernel
> (net/ipv4/netfilter/arpt*) to make sure what you're doing isn't already
> available. The arptables mangle target lets you alter the arp payload. The
> arptables userspace tool is available at the ebtables sourceforge page.

ARP replyer is almost ready (alpha-testing), and maybe its functionality
is similar to arptables, but there is no problem if you can do something
in two ways. As well, you can do some things with either ebtables or
iptables.

> Please make any new ebtables code starting from the most recent kernel patch,

i.e. ebtables-brnf-2_vs_2.4.21.diff?

> or even better, start from the latest 2.6.x kernel.

OK, but by now, 2.6.x kernel doesn't work for me, and from the other side,
I can thoroughly test it for 2.4.20, because I have a bridge (based on
2.4.20) in network which I administrate, which serves 100 Mbps for about
50 hosts and some downtime or malfunction here is not a great problem.
It's a *dream* testing environment.

My add-ons will simply be new targets and matches and I'm not going to
change anything in existing files, except for Makefile and Config.in. I
hope therefore will be no problems with compatibility.

-- 
Grzesław


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