[TriLUG] using a Linux box as a pass-through filter

[Dan Monjar]

Aaron S. Joyner wrote:
> Dan Monjar wrote:
> 
>> Jason Tower wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> you can do this with linux, but you can do it a lot easier with 
>>> openbsd (google for 'openbsd transparent firewall').  i have this 
>>> exact setup running on a client's colo rack, the firewall is 
>>> literally invisible - it has no ip address.  as such, you can't ssh 
>>> in to manage it, so i run it headless and have to ssh to another box, 
>>> where i login and use minicom to communicate with it via a serial 
>>> port.  works great.
>>>
>>> jason
>>
>>
>>
>> Beautiful... OpenBSD is preferred, I use it for a couple of servers 
>> already.  Thanks for the lead.
>>
> Another good tip to help narrow your googling, is that this is typically 
> referred to as a "bridging firewall".  You're going to assign your two 
> interfaces in OpenBSD to a single, bridge interface (usually named 
> br0).  As a pointers into the OpenBSD docs, check here:
> http://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq6.html#Bridge
> 
> Aaron S. Joyner

anyone have pointers to OpenBSD 3.6 ISO's?... I know Theo wants me to 
buy the CD set but but I don't want to wait until January to play with 
this stuff.

-- 
Dan Monjar