Re: MAC ADDRESS FILTER

MAC addressing is pretty much something of a token or ethernet base isn';t
it? Can't you then filter based upon the network device <card> upon which
the the packets arrive and are going to traverse?

Thanks,

Ron DuFresne

On Sat, 28 Oct 2000, Tiago de Castro Nogueira wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I work in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in a ISP, and in our site we have a Linux
> Server (Conectiva Linux - A Brazilian version of Red Hat Linux). We need
> to limit the packet input in this Server based on the source MAC Address
> of the packet. Unfortunately, we have no way to filter the packets based
> 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?
>
> Thanks,
> Tiago Nogueira
>
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