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| author | Raviteja Sunkara <raviteja@codeaurora.org> | 2012-12-27 12:23:34 +0530 |
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| committer | Raviteja Sunkara <raviteja@codeaurora.org> | 2012-12-27 12:23:34 +0530 |
| commit | 74293bd421e188055504f79b236d9bfae6558779 (patch) | |
| tree | 3ebb03431d6b5d8b352248ba5509a5a2fe4cefc9 /docs/arptables-faq.html | |
| parent | 719733d61b33840b29342d2a829209f926e4b7e6 (diff) | |
| parent | 908d41de58d46262e719fff778950a6f893a02f8 (diff) | |
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Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/caf/srcforge-ebtables/master'
* origin/caf/srcforge-ebtables/master: (791 commits)
add RARP and update iana url
bump release and update program date
changelog for 2.0.10-4
bugfix: setting rule in first built-in chain caused setting all counters to zero (thanks to James Sinclair)
typo
add changelog for v 2.0.10-3
bump version
fix rule counter bug (reported by James Sinclair): possible wrong initialization of counters
add changelog for v2.0.10-2
respect LDFLAGS (Peter Volkov)
enable compiler optimizations, bump release number
small changes to remove warnings when optimization is on (thanks to Peter Volkov)
initialize some variables to get rid of warnings when compiling with optimization
remove definition of __EXPORTED_HEADERS__: we use sanitized header files now
add changelog for v2.0.10-1
bump prog version, add LOCKDIR variable, add -Werror compile flag
remove compile warning, conditionally define LOCKFILE
define __EXPORTED_HEADERS__ to get access to kernel headers
add a reference to the lock file
add info about the lock file compile time option
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diff --git a/docs/arptables-faq.html b/docs/arptables-faq.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..57ed467 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/arptables-faq.html @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ +<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> +<HTML> +<HEAD> + <TITLE>Arptables Frequently Asked Questions</TITLE> + <LINK rel="SHORTCUT ICON" href=""> + <LINK rel="STYLESHEET" type="text/css" href="brnf.css"> + <META name="description" content="Arptables Frequently Asked Questions"> + <META name="author" content="Bart De Schuymer"> + <META name="keywords" content="Linux, netfilter, firewall, bridge, arptables"> + <META name="keywords" content="FAQ, kernel, arptables, chains, rules, tables"> +</HEAD> +<BODY> + <DIV class="banner" align="center"> + <H1>Arptables Frequently (and less frequently) Asked Questions</H1> + </DIV> + <A name="top"></A> + <P>Last modified: December 30, 2003</P> + <DL> + <DT> +Why does arptables have 2 chains on a 2.4 kernel and 3 chains +on a 2.6 kernel? + </DT> + <DD> +The 2.4 kernel doesn't have the arptables FORWARD chain as 2.4 +kernels can't filter bridged ARP traffic. + </DD> + <DT> +When is the bridged ARP traffic seen by arptables? + </DT> + <DD> +The arptables FORWARD chain sees all ARP packets that are being +bridged, it sees no other traffic. + </DD> + <DT> +What about ARP packets that arrive through a bridge port and +are delivered to the bridge's local ARP stack? + </DT> + <DD> +They are seen in the arptables INPUT chain and have as input +device the logical bridge device, unless you broute them +using ebtables. Brouted packets will have the physical bridge +port as input device. + </DD> + <DT> +What about locally generated ARP packets that leave the bridge +through a logical bridge device? + </DT> + <DD> +They are seen in the arptables OUTPUT chain and have as output +device the logical bridge device. + </DD> + </DL> + <A class=navbar href="#top">[Back to the top]</A> + <HR> +</BODY> +</HTML> |