Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2001 22:55:28 +0200 From: "MuratBSD" <muratbsd@softhome.net> To: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <freebsd@gushi.org>, <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: IPFW Capabilities Message-ID: <001601c084b6$2f6d9940$8e8b2bd5@gnu> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0101220914450.97258-100000@prime.gushi.org>
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Hi Basically, IP is layer3 and MAC is layer 2 so I think there is no way out about MAC adress filtering, ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dan Mahoney, System Admin" <freebsd@gushi.org> To: <questions@freebsd.org> Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 4:48 PM Subject: IPFW Capabilities > Hey all, > > I'm currently evaluating the feasibility of using a pure FreeBSD based > solution versus ETInc's bandwidth manager, which I am considering > purchasing. Can someone tell me if the following are possible: > > 1. Is there a way to make ipfw deny traffic by MAC address? (We have > colocation customers, and are trying to prevent "stolen" IP addresses.) > > 2. Is there any way to set up a dual-NIC freeBSD box as a COMPLETELY > TRANSPARENT bridge (meaning our customers will not have to change their > gateway address, and meaning that the machine doing the bandwidth > management/limiting/throttling will not show up on traceroutes? (I prefer > this because it makes migration easier, and it also makes things more > secure (as in, nobody will attack a router that doesn't show up on > traceroutes). > > 3. Is there any way to graph the information shown by ipfw? Like MRTG? > > I think that's all. > > Thanks in advance, > > Dan Mahoney > > -- > > "There is no right and wrong, there is only fun and boring." > > -Fisher Stevens, "Hackers" > > --------Dan Mahoney-------- > Techie, Sysadmin, WebGeek > Gushi on efnet/undernet IRC > ICQ: 13735144 AIM: LarpGM > Web: http://prime.gushi.org > finger danm@prime.gushi.org > for pgp public key and tel# > --------------------------- > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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