Pass-through deployment

1 Pros and Cons

Pros:

• Do not require a "port mirroring" device.
• UDP traffic can also be filtered in pass-through mode.

Cons:

• More complicated to setup.
• You might need to change your network current topology.
• If the gateway/bridge server dies, you will lose internet access.
• If you prefer linux firewall solutions, please check: WFilter NG firewall

2 Pass-through deployment examples

• Network Bridge
• Deploy WFilter with a windows 2003 gateway
• Deploy WFilter with a windows 2012 gateway