On 21.11.05 22:08 -0800, Bruce A. Mah wrote:

> I was wondering if you're still doing the m0n0bsd-style build? 

No - as you can see, the m0n0BSD images that are available for
downloading are still based on 4.9 and quite outdated. ;) I don't
have a personal need for them at present, which is why I don't work
on them anymore, but that may change again in the future.

> One thing I've learned along the way is that the filtering bridge
> feature that got me involved with m0n0wall in the first place is a
> lot easier to implement and use with the new if_bridge(4) driver,
> which was ported from OpenBSD.  For starters, this makes it
> possible to solve the "can't do NAT and bridging on the same box"
> problem.  It also integrates with PF (presumably other firewalls
> too) fairly nicely.

Yep, it'll be nice when the whole
Filtering/NAT/Shaping/IPsec/Bridging mess can be untangled a little!

- Manuel