# bridge-firewall on Bro
**URL:** https://community.zeek.org/t/bridge-firewall-on-bro/356
**Category:** Zeek
**Created:** [April 5, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bridge-firewall-on-bro/356 "2003-04-05T08:34:41Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author:  [@Shaofu\_Wang](https://community.zeek.org/u/Shaofu_Wang)
#### Post date: [April 5, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bridge-firewall-on-bro/356/1 "2003-04-05T08:34:41Z")
> I'm trying to configure a bridge-firewall with the bro IDS on it to
> check web traffic (for example). But I've some troubles. Actually, if
> I launch bro with the http rules, due to dependences I have to load
> scan rules. And the scan rules try to connect some machines... But my
> aim is to have an IDS without IP address, so without connection from
> and to the bridge.
>
> Due to that, bro give me a lot of warnings and is very long to
> launch...
>
> I try to modify the rules via my conf file but there are some kinds I
> don't understand. For examples, if I change the "skip\_scan\_sources" to
> an empty value after loading the scan rule (loading via http rule) ;
~~~~~~~~~~~~ try 127.0.0.1
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.zeek.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2022, 3:36pm UTC](https://community.zeek.org/t/bridge-firewall-on-bro/356/2 "2022-05-06T15:36:43Z")