ipchains -> mac address?

[J.L.Francois]

It seems like on Tue, Jul 11, 2000 at 03:39:00PM -0700, Mike Starke scribbled:
Orig Msg> I know I have always regulated my "firewall" using ipchains
Orig Msg> and an ip address.  Is there any way I can regulate which
Orig Msg> users I forward thru using their mac address? Any suggestions?
Orig Msg> 
Orig Msg> Mike
Orig Msg> mgcon@getnet.com
Orig Msg> http://www.getnet.com/~mgcon
Orig Msg> Phoenix, AZ
Orig Msg> USA

I know that under Linux the MAC can be changed to any value
so this may not be the best way to handle this.

It is also kind of a maint headache to have to manage a Linux
user that is always testing out different NICs.
I have a box full of them that I keep switching around just to test
throughput on different kernels.

So, can I ask why you want to do it by MAC instead of IP?

NOTE: IPTABLES in Kernel 2.4.x should have support for this.

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