Date: 18 Jan 2002 10:51:24 -0800 From: Ted Cabeen <secabeen@pobox.com> To: Jamie Heckford <jamie@jamiesdomain.org.uk> Cc: FreeBSD ISP Mailing List <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Restricting DHCPd Message-ID: <87u1tjlcgj.fsf@gray.impulse.net> In-Reply-To: Jamie Heckford's message of "Fri, 18 Jan 2002 10:45:26 %2B0000" References: <20020118104526.2971@mail.jamiesdomain.org.uk>
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Jamie Heckford <jamie@jamiesdomain.org.uk> writes: > Does anyone know of a way to restrict DHCP giving out addresses? I know > you can specify MAC addresses, but can you restrict it by client- > hostname? (Windows workstations identify this bit as the computer > (NetBIOS?) name not the DNS name) > > What I want to do is only allow machines who have the computer name set > to TMSXXXX to be given an IP address. > > Does anyone know if this is possible? Yes, but you have to hack the source code for DHCP to support allocation by hostname. It's not a trivial hack, but it shouldn't take more than a few days. Once you've done that, you can then deny unknown clients. -- Ted Cabeen http://www.pobox.com/~secabeen ted@impulse.net Check Website or Keyserver for PGP/GPG Key BA0349D2 secabeen@pobox.com "I have taken all knowledge to be my province." -F. Bacon secabeen@cabeen.org "Human kind cannot bear very much reality."-T.S.Eliot cabeen@netcom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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