On Sun, Aug 26, 2001 at 10:11:08PM +0200, Martin F Krafft wrote: | shouldn't sshd at least worry about the MAC address too (can it?) just | an IP is too easy to spoof (MAC are too i guess). The MAC address is only known along that particular wire. That is, if the IP packets pass through any routers or gateways the receiving side will see the MAC address of the last gateway/router interface and not the MAC of the sender. -D