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Date:      Wed, 5 Oct 2005 18:10:50 +0400
From:      "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com>
To:        Foo Ji-Haw <jhfoo@nexlabs.com>
Cc:        Freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ipfw: ALLOWing by mac address
Message-ID:  <cb5206420510050710g5524cf43k61dbf8ff70b2c239@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <01bf01c5c98b$df455ff0$c801a8c0@nexpc>
References:  <01bf01c5c98b$df455ff0$c801a8c0@nexpc>

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On 10/5/05, Foo Ji-Haw <jhfoo@nexlabs.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'd like your feedback on a problem I have with allowing access through t=
he ipfw firewall via mac addresses.
>
> Andrew has a good point on mac address spoofing. I agree with him on the =
security concern, but for the situation that I am setting up, that's ok. Bu=
t I really need to open the firewall via mac address.
>
> Let me detail my setup:
> dc0 is the interface to the Internet
> vr0 is the interface to the managed network
>
> I tried to read up on ipfw rules on mac, and I got something like this:
> allow ip from any to any MAC any 00:90:d1:00:80:00/33
>
> It does not work of course, but ipfw accepted the command. Basically I ne=
ed the client with the mac address to be able to go pass the firewall in to=
tality.
>
> Can anyone enlighten me on the correct format? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for the credit :-)

see "man ipfw", particularly the PACKET FLOW section

Try this:

allow ip from any to any layer2 out MAC any 00:90:d1:00:80:00/33
allow ip from any to any layer2 in MAC 00:90:d1:00:80:00/33 any
allow ip from any to any layer2 via <trusted-if>
deny ip from any to any layer2



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