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Erik Hanson 4248415dde Add REQUIRED field to .info files.
Signed-off-by: Erik Hanson <erik@slackbuilds.org>
2012-08-19 21:57:51 -05:00
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ebtables.info Add REQUIRED field to .info files. 2012-08-19 21:57:51 -05:00
ebtables.SlackBuild network/ebtables: Added (Ethernet frame filtering on a Linux bridge) 2011-09-21 19:48:32 -03:00
README network/ebtables: Added (Ethernet frame filtering on a Linux bridge) 2011-09-21 19:48:32 -03:00
slack-desc network/ebtables: Added (Ethernet frame filtering on a Linux bridge) 2011-09-21 19:48:32 -03:00

The ebtables program is a filtering tool for a Linux-based bridging firewall. It
enables transparent filtering of network traffic passing through a Linux bridge.
The filtering possibilities are limited to link layer filtering and some basic
filtering on higher network layers. Advanced logging, MAC DNAT/SNAT and brouter
facilities are also included.

The ebtables tool can be combined with the other Linux filtering tools (iptables,
ip6tables and arptables) to make a bridging firewall that is also capable of
filtering these higher network layers. This is enabled through the
bridge-netfilter architecture which is a part of the standard Linux kernel.