also sprach Richard Hector <rhector@paradise.net.nz> [2003.01.13.1127 +0100]: > An idea that springs to mind (well, it sprung some time ago, but I had > no-one to tell it to) is pppoe to your firewall. Then you block all IP > traffic on the interface talking to the AP (or not even configure IP at > all) and only allow from authenticated ppp interfaces. No encryption I > guess, but it's a start. this seems very excessive, but not a bad idea. i don't like the processor and packet size overload, and another problem is also not solved: a wlan-freerider might not be able to get across my FW to the 'net, but he'll have direct access to my LAN. damn, this looks more difficult than i want it to be! -- Please do not CC me! Mutt (www.mutt.org) can handle this automatically. .''`. martin f. krafft <madduck@debian.org> : :' : proud Debian developer, admin, and user `. `'` `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing a system NOTE: The pgp.net keyservers and their mirrors are broken! Get my key here: http://people.debian.org/~madduck/gpg/330c4a75.asc
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