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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2001 23:53:30 +0000 (GMT)
From:      Kris Kirby <kris@catonic.net>
To:        Rick Duvall <maillist@coastsight.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: IPFW and MAC Addresses
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104272351550.78554-100000@spaz.huntsvilleal.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104271627330.46277-100000@ns1.coastsight.com>

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On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Rick Duvall wrote:
> Is there a way to do IPFW on a MAC Address level?  What I am wanting is to
> only allow certain NIC's to pass packets to the Internet, as long as those
> specific NICs have a certain IP address.

How about this:

Load the kernel's arp cache with fixed entries per MAC linking the MAC to
the IP (until a flush) then IPFW the flow. Unless they can impersonate the
MAC address, they won't be able to use that IP. 

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Kris Kirby, KE4AHR          | TGIFreeBSD... 'Nuff said.
<kris@nospam.catonic.net>   |    
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