From f4bd939b43f51aeb80772dd492661b8af98bcfa3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mario Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 16:21:53 -0400 Subject: network/ebtables: Added (Ethernet frame filtering on a Linux bridge) Signed-off-by: dsomero --- network/ebtables/README | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) create mode 100644 network/ebtables/README (limited to 'network/ebtables/README') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3