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Re: A better Linux based firewall installation?



Hi, Gilad!

On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 12:50:32PM +0200, you wrote the following:

> The second is to NOT configure your firewall as a router, but rather as 
> a layer 2 bridge with IP firwalling rules(*2) and not give it an IP at 
> all (bridges don't need to have an IP to function). Not having an IP 
> makes overtaking the machine, hm... difficult ;-)

If the machine doesn't have an IP address, what default route do you
set up on the other machines on the network so that they can go out?


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