On Tuesday 01 January 2002 01:25, Tor Inge Kloumann wrote: > I've decided to try to make a transparent bridge, that should drop > packet's based on some weird rules. > I have googled around a bit and couldn't find any information about what > I would like to do. > And therefore I now send a mail to this mailinglist in hope that someone > can either help me, or point me in the right direction. > > What I want to do is the following: > Make a transparent bridge that starts dropping ICMP packets that are > oversized(malicious icmp), drop all syn packets that comes from spoofed > hosts(non existent ip's), drop other obvious malicious traffic. > My problem is not dropping packets(hehe), the problem is dropping > packets based on these rules, so that legit icmp/syn traffic etc will > not be affected by the rules. > I've done some testing with hogwash as transparent bridge to intercept > and block malicious packets. I was however not able to use hogwash to > drop icmp/syn based on above clearified rules. > > > If someone could point me in the right direction/maybe someone has some > examples(?) I would be very greatfull. Have you read the docs about iptables? It can match allmost everything. Search for the -m so you can call extra "helpers". You can use iptables on a linux bridge, but it requires some extra patches. Stef -- stef.coene@docum.org "Using Linux as bandwidth manager" http://www.docum.org/ #lartc @ irc.oftc.net _______________________________________________ LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://lartc.org/