Subject: Re: Bridging firewall?
To: Paul Hoffman <phoffman@proper.com>
From: Patrick Welche <prlw1@newn.cam.ac.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/25/2002 17:04:44
On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 08:19:39AM -0700, Paul Hoffman wrote:
> I want to set up a bridging firewall, meaning a firewall that has no 
> IP address and simply resides between the main default router (a 
> combo DSL modem/router box) and the rest of the net. The IPF HowTo 
> indicates this can be kind of done with OpenBSD. Can this be done 
> with ipf under NetBSD? Or, is there some other firewall package under 
> NetBSD that does this? I don't need much out of this box, just some 
> simple host blocking and some NATP for some boxes.

I ended up using OpenBSD for this.. Such a pity Jason's ZPF (Zembu Packet
Filter) hasn't made it into the tree...

Cheers,

Patrick