Hello, Mark Ryden a écrit : > According to this link: > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/Linux+IPv6-HOWTO.html#FIREWALLING-NETFILTER6 > > "In IPv6 you can't control forwarding per device, forwarding control > has to be done using IPv6-netfilter (controlled with ip6tables) > rulesets and specify input and output devices (see > Firewalling/Netfilter6 for more). This is different to IPv4, where > you are able to control forwarding per device (decision is made on > interface where packet came in). " > > My question is: > Suppose you don't want to control forwarding in IPv6 on a certain > device, just forward packets which are received on any device. > I am not sure that this howto is relevant. > Is it true that in order to achieve IPV6 forwarding you must use > netfilter rule ? No. > Is it possible to achieve forwarding simply by running: > echo "1" /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding > > without setting any ip6tables netfilter rule ? Yes. If you don't need filtering, you don't need ip6tables. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
