Re: MAC address and Firewall rules
Iptables appears to have support for blocking specifict mac addrs, but keep in
mind that a "clever" user may be able to change their mac addr.
--Jeff
On Fri, Apr 14, 2000 at 08:02:55AM +0200, Michael Wood <wood@kingsley.co.za> wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Thu, Apr 13, 2000 at 09:55:05PM +0200, Oswald Buddenhagen wrote:
> > > Is it possible to set a firewall rule or rules to block certain MAC
> > > addresses from being routed? If so, how can that be done?
> > >
> > it will be possible with kernel 2.4 (as far as i understand).
> > i have not found any options for that in the 2.2 kernel (ipchains).
>
> Maybe you could play around with arp to "disable" the MAC
> addresses you don't want to route? I don't know how reliable or
> secure it would be if you can, though.
>
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