On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 05:40:04PM -0800, Jack Bowling wrote:
> I am trying to use the --mac-source option in the netfilter code to better
> refine access to my linux box. However, I have run up against something. The
> router through which my private subnet work box passes sends a 14-group
> "invalid" mac address, presumably as an attempt to conceal the real hextile
> mac address. However, the code for the --mac-source netfilter option is
> looking for a valid hextile mac address and complains loudly as such
> (numerals converted to x's):
>
> iptables v1.1.1: Bad mac address `xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx'
>
> to the respective iptable line:
>
> $IPT -A INPUT -p tcp -s xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx -d $NET -m mac --mac-source
> xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx --dport 5900:5901 -j ACCEPT
>
> The idea here is to allow VNC access to my home box with the access filtered
> by both IP and mac address.
This is not a bug. It is by intention. The LOG target (as well as the
ULOG target from netfilter CVS) prints the whole layer two header.
6 bytes mac-source, 6 bytes mac-destination and 2 bytes (08:00) indicating
it is IP. == 14 bytes :)
On the other hand, the --mac-source match (emphasized mac-SOURCE) allows
you to match on the source part of this mac header (i.e. the first 6 bytes)
> Jack Bowling
> mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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