On Sun, 1 Jul 2001 15:59:34 -0400, "Jeff S Wheeler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have been reading this thread and noticed no one has suggested the MAC
> address filtering capabilities in Linux 2.4's new ip tables subsystem.
There is no requirement to run 2.4.x and iptables, nor iproute2, to accomplish the
policy implementation that was specified. The administrative policy is bandwith
control over a defined set of IP addresses. That policy is being circumvented with
the current configuration by the whizkids. It is up to the tech to implement a
solution.
Beside, I'm sure I have a MAC address changer utility (or is that a feature of
iproute2) that I downloaded sometime in the past. The same whizkids would use it and
circumvent the policy based on MAC addresses with it ... although it would be a
trickier thing to accomplish. I think I have read on some mailing list that it is
quite a security issue with PPPoE and some wireless connections.
Gerard MacNeil
System Administrator
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