Re: Questions about ebtables
Arne Bernin <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.network.bridge.ebtables.user |
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On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 20:48 -0500, Eduardo Bejar wrote: > Hi, > Hi Eduardo. > I have some questions about ebtables: > > - Does ebtables only works in bridge-firewalls or can it also work in a > linux box serving as gateway for a LAN? If i remember it correct, you can use it there (with some trick), so you can filter on the ethernet layer, but i don't see a reason, why you should. > - Can I filter IPX and Netbeui with ebtables on this network layout? > > I need to filter Windows file sharing between networks. Currently I have > some iptables rules to drop TCP/UDP packets for ports related to Netbeui but > I read somewhere that Windows uses Netbeui/IPX when IP is not available. Any > ideas regarding this? > What kind of gateway do you have ? Just a Linux machine as gateway to some kind of provider (cable/DSL/whatever) ? If so, you don't need to think about ipx, it won't get out (These connections are IP based, they won't route your ipx traffic). > Thanks for your help! > > Edo > --arne -- Arne Bernin <[email protected]> http://www.ucBering.de ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is Sponsored by the Better Software Conference & EXPO September 19-22, 2005 * San Francisco, CA * Development Lifecycle Practices Agile & Plan-Driven Development * Managing Projects & Teams * Testing & QA Security * Process Improvement & Measurement * http://www.sqe.com/bsce5sf