Herman, in addition to the bridge.sourceforge.net pages, have a look at ebtables.sourceforge.net. the howto documentation you'll find at, say, tldp.org is a little out of date, but at ebtables, you may find more helpful info. i've been using the bridging code & netfilter-bridge kernel patch with 2.4.x for a while now, along with ebtables (analagous to iptables, but filters at layer 2), and it's doing wonders for me. good luck, Jeremy On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 21:15, Herman wrote: > Hi everybody, > > This question is not about iptables, but it is closely related, so somebody > might know the answer: > I am trying to construct a bridge, to filter 802.1q tags and protect a legacy > version 2.2 kernel server, while preserving port to port security on the LAN, > using the VLAN module. > > Can anybody refer me to some documentation on filtering on a bridge for the > 2.4 kernel? > > Regards,