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Today's Topics:

1. Re: Is it possible to control access between clients on same
LAN with a firewall? (pkc_mls)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:23:42 +0100
From: pkc_mls <pkc_mls@yahoo.fr>
Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] Is it possible to control access between clients
on same LAN with a firewall?
To: Firewall Wizards Security Mailing List
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Message-ID: <4B5EC2AE.9020504@yahoo.fr>
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William Fitzgerald a ?crit :
> Dear all,
>
> Is there away to force/make it easier for the firewall to inspect
> inter-LAN packets. Perhaps examining packets at layer 2 could capture this.
this is exactly the point.
there are some firewalls that can do layer2 filtering. (bridge mode,
transparent mode, layer2).

> I understand that one solution would be to install a local firewall on
> each machine.
this is another option, but you can have some difficulties to find a
local firewall
on a printer.

> This is just a general question, so that I might better understand the
> area of "inter-LAN" protection.
>
> While it may be possible to have a firewall to not just protect traffic
> from Internet to LAN and LAN to Internet but also LAN to LAN, it may not
> be a practical thing to do.
>
> Any comments or insights are welcomed.
you should check in the dd-wrt doc or ask the dd-wrt mailing list if it
can be configured with bridge interface
on the LAN.
> regards,
> Will.

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