In some email I received from Carson Gaspar, sie wrote: > > > --On Wednesday, June 12, 2002 12:05 PM -0700 "Paul B. Henson" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Carson Gaspar wrote: > > > >> > How can you use a bridge for a proxy? A bridge does not have IP > >> > protocol addresses associated with its interfaces, it only has Ethernet > >> > addresses. I don't think you can use a bridge for anything other than a > >> > filtering gateway at least not network wise. > >> > >> You can, easily. IPF does not support it. > > > > How so? Darren seems to think it should. > > It appears I was wrong. Previously, it had been stated (by Darren) that the > NAT code, including proxies, was non-functional in bridge mode. I suppose > something has been fixed in the interim.
In the case I presented for the FTP proxy, there was no actual translation happening. All that was being done is using the proxy to drive the state table in order to allow the appropriate connection(s). Darren
