Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2012 20:21:00 -0700 From: "Brian W." <brian@brianwhalen.net> To: Bill Yuan <bycn82@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> Subject: Re: how to allow by MAC Message-ID: <CADV=szWbNfW-MaKi5heamPNR3qz4xiY62ynm6BgK=huPEx=K_w@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAC%2BJH2w6B7fXu6tvcJ8t1FZbPb7pFQVbSwk93r-9JRYpFy2hcw@mail.gmail.com> References: <20120610120041.4D0F610657C3@hub.freebsd.org> <20120611025332.N46641@sola.nimnet.asn.au> <CAC%2BJH2w6B7fXu6tvcJ8t1FZbPb7pFQVbSwk93r-9JRYpFy2hcw@mail.gmail.com>
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I would ask what problem do you want to solve here; is it preventing a userjust from getting out unless they are using their assigned address, or something else? On Jun 10, 2012 8:16 PM, "Bill Yuan" <bycn82@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Lan, > > Thanks for your reply, I am reading some old emails which you sent in 2008 > while other place asked a same question as mine, > > > On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au> wrote: > > > In freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 418, Issue 18, Message: 1 > > On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 17:43:39 +0800 Bill Yuan <bycn82@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > how to allow by MAC in ipfw > > > > > > currently i set the rule like below > > > > > > 1 allow ip from any to any MAC any to <MAC Address 1> > > > 1 allow ip from any to any MAC <MAC Address 1> any > > > 2 deny all from any to any > > > > > > i want to only allow the mac address to go through the freebsd > firewall, > > > > > > but I found it is not working on my freebsd but it works on pfsense! > > > > > > so maybe that means the environment is not the same ? and how to setup > > the > > > ipfw properly to support this ? > > > > Bill, you did get some good clues in the earlier thread, but it's not > > clear if you took note of them. There's also been some confusion .. > > > > Firstly, read up on layer2 (ethernet, MAC-level) filtering options in > > ipfw(8). Thoroughly, several times, until you've got it. Seriously. > > > > After enabling sysctl net.link.ether.ipfw=1 (add it to /etc/sysctl.conf) > > ipfw will be invoked 4 times instead of the normal 2, on every packet. > > > > Read carefully ipfw(8) section 'PACKET FLOW', and see that only on the > > inbound pass invoked from ether_demux() and the outbound pass invoked > > from ether_output_frame() can you test for MAC addresses (or mac-types); > > the 'normal' layer3 passes examine packets that have no layer2 headers. > > > > You could just add 'layer2' to any rules filtering on MAC addresses, and > > omit MAC addresses from all layer 3 (IP) rules, but I'd recommend using > > a method like shown there to separate layer2 and layer3 flows early on: > > > > # packets from ether_demux > > ipfw add 10 skipto 1000 all from any to any layer2 in > > # packets from ip_input > > ipfw add 10 skipto 2000 all from any to any not layer2 in > > # packets from ip_output > > ipfw add 10 skipto 3000 all from any to any not layer2 out > > # packets from ether_output_frame > > ipfw add 10 skipto 4000 all from any to any layer2 out > > > > So at (eg) 1000 and 4000 place your incoming and outgoing MAC filtering > > rules (remembering the reversed order of MAC addresses vs IP addresses, > > and to allow broadcasts as well), pass good guys and/or block bad guys, > > then deal with your normal IPv4|v6 traffic in a separate section(s). > > > > Or you could just split the flows into two streams, one for layer2 for > > your MAC filtering, the other for layer3, ie the rest of your ruleset. > > > > HTH, Ian [please cc me on any reply] > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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