Re: MAC ADDRESS FILTER

[Luca Berra <bluca () comedia it>]

On Sat, Oct 28, 2000 at 12:16:59PM -0200, Tiago de Castro Nogueira wrote:
> in the source IP Address :(. We need a MAC Address filter, where only
> the MAC's in a Access List can access the services on this Linux server.
> Is there a Linux feature, or a software, or anyone that knows the Linux
> Kernel and can give us some tips on how to develop that kind of filter?

You can either go to linux-2.4 (which at the moment is a development
version, so maybe it is not fit for a firewall) and netfilter
http://netfilter.kernelnotes.org/, which is able to filter on MAC
address.
Another option is linux_brfw, a patch to ipchains on 2.2.x
http://www.ac2i.tzo.com/bridge_filter/

regards,
L.

-- 
Luca Berra -- bluca () comedia it
    Communication Media & Services S.r.l.

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