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| author | mario <mario@slackverse.org> | 2011-09-09 16:21:53 -0400 |
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| committer | Niels Horn <niels.horn@slackbuilds.org> | 2011-09-21 19:48:32 -0300 |
| commit | f4bd939b43f51aeb80772dd492661b8af98bcfa3 (patch) | |
| tree | 27a714ef608d7aa63af30a9696da612f0d941ef8 /network/ebtables/README | |
| parent | d6f7c0d0623d35d80247f4776447a896b60c0432 (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-f4bd939b43f51aeb80772dd492661b8af98bcfa3.tar.gz | |
network/ebtables: Added (Ethernet frame filtering on a Linux bridge)
Signed-off-by: dsomero <xgizzmo@slackbuilds.org>
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diff --git a/network/ebtables/README b/network/ebtables/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..6dba3d2098 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/ebtables/README @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ +The ebtables program is a filtering tool for a Linux-based bridging firewall. It +enables transparent filtering of network traffic passing through a Linux bridge. +The filtering possibilities are limited to link layer filtering and some basic +filtering on higher network layers. Advanced logging, MAC DNAT/SNAT and brouter +facilities are also included. + +The ebtables tool can be combined with the other Linux filtering tools (iptables, +ip6tables and arptables) to make a bridging firewall that is also capable of +filtering these higher network layers. This is enabled through the +bridge-netfilter architecture which is a part of the standard Linux kernel. |