per-interface packet filters [summary]

Gleb Smirnoff glebius at freebsd.org
Wed Dec 15 00:45:46 PST 2004


On Tue, Dec 14, 2004 at 01:12:31PM -0500, James wrote:
J> The way we have approached this in the past is to install /32 host routes
J> for each interface addr's and respective subnet and broadcast /32 addresses
J> into the kernel RIB, destined to lo0 interface. Place your per-interface
J> filter on 'lo0' interface and packets destined to router iteslf will be
J> subject to loopback filter before making it onto upper layer protocol.

I was thinking of this idea, too. So, it works?

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