on 12/7/01 12:03 AM, Johnny Lam at jlam@jgrind.org wrote:

> I have a newbie-ish question.  I was wondering which interface I should be
> naming in my ipfilter rules if I wished to firewall a DSL connection that
> uses PPPoE.  I'm using rp-pppoe with the DSL modem connected via an Ethernet
> cable to le0.  When the DSL connection is established, ppp0 is configured.
> So the question is: should I be filtering on the ppp0 interface?

Yes. (I also use rp-pppoe in such a configuration, and I filter on ppp0, and
it works the way I expect.)

To see why this makes sense, look at the output of "ifconfig le0" and
"ifconfig ppp0". Only one of them will have an IP address. :-)

- Amitai