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This limits its effectiveness somewhat, as you'll be forced to use 
ebtables instead of iptables, which has a much smaller functionality 
set.  This is because when bridging the IP traffic never actually hits 
the interfaces, thus the standard INPUT/FORWARD/OUTPUT rules never 
apply.  And NAT will certianly have to be handled by another machine; 
one with actual IP addresses configured.

Is there any reason you don't do the following:

ISP ---- [ NID box ] ------ SERVER1 [nat] --- INTERNAL network
                       |--- SERVER2  
                       |--- SERVER3
		       |--- SERVER4
                       |----SERVER5

Granted, this way you end up needing to configure firewalls on each 
machine.  You could [transparently] insert your bridge firewall machine 
after the NID box much like you need a hub or switch there anyway.

The above illustration is how I have things set up at work, and if 
bright house networks didn't want $80/month more for multiple IPs, at 
home as well.  Each SERVER has its own firewall configured, and SERVER1 
does NAT for the internal private network.

 - Pizza
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