CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER: Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering

General informations

The Linux kernel configuration item CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER has multiple definitions:

Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering found in net/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER:

• prompt: Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering
• type: tristate
• depends on: ( CONFIG_BRIDGE ) && ( CONFIG_NETFILTER && CONFIG_INET ) && ( CONFIG_NETFILTER_ADVANCED )
• defined in net/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 3.18–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.8, 6.9-rc+HEAD
• modules built: br_netfilter

Help text

Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably want this option enabled. Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable ebtables.

If unsure, say N.

Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering found in net/Kconfig

The configuration item CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER:

• prompt: Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering
• type: bool
• depends on: ( CONFIG_BRIDGE && CONFIG_NETFILTER && CONFIG_INET ) && ( CONFIG_NETFILTER_ADVANCED )
• defined in net/Kconfig
• found in Linux kernels: 2.6.0–2.6.39, 3.0–3.17
• modules built: br_netfilter

Help text

Enabling this option will let arptables resp. iptables see bridged ARP resp. IP traffic. If you want a bridging firewall, you probably want this option enabled. Enabling or disabling this option doesn't enable or disable ebtables.

If unsure, say N.

Hardware

LKDDb

Raw data from LKDDb:

• lkddb module br_netfilter CONFIG_BRIDGE_NETFILTER : net/Kconfig : "Bridged IP/ARP packets filtering" # in 3.18–3.19, 4.0–4.20, 5.0–5.19, 6.0–6.8, 6.9-rc+HEAD

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