Re: restricting wireless access
On Tue, 2003-01-14 at 01:49, martin f krafft wrote:
> 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.
Not if your AP is on a dedicated NIC, he won't.
Richard
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