IP and MAC Address check

[hareram]

Hi

better way to do is
store IP and MAC
and try to compare with them

hare
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Winanjaya - PBXSoftwares" <winanjaya at pbxsoftwares.com>
To: <netfilter at lists.netfilter.org>; "Marcos S. Trazzini" 
<mstrazzini at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: IP and MAC Address check


> Hi . . I already had the list of MAC Address .. and they stored in the 
> file
> named maclist (ie. /etc/sysconfig/maclist) ..
> what I need is to configure iptables to read maclist file when there is
> incoming trafic from the IP address 172.16.2.241 to 172.16.2.250 ..if the
> MAC Address listed then the traffic will allowed otherwise the traffic 
> will
> be dropped or rejected..
>
> any idea ? .. please advise
>
> Regards
> Winanjaya
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marcos S. Trazzini" <mstrazzini at gmail.com>
> To: <netfilter at lists.netfilter.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:58 AM
> Subject: Re: IP and MAC Address check
>
>
>> On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 11:24:46AM +0700, Winanjaya - PBXSoftwares wrote:
>> > Hi All,
>> >
>> > I have list of Mac addresses and also have range of IP addresses.. how
> to set iptables with conditions below:
>> >
>> > Range of IP addresses: 172.16.2.241 to 172.16.2.250
>> >
>> > List of MAC Addresses: (stored in a file named maclist)
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:0a
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:0b
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:0c
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:0d
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:0e
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:0f
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:1a
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:2a
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:3a
>> > 01:02:03:04:05:4a
>> >
>> > When Incoming package from the ranged IP address (172.16.2.241 to
> 172.16.2.250)  then the mac address must be checked from the list of MAC
> Address, if the MAC Address matched then it allowed otherwise it will be
> rejected or dropped..
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> This's my first reply to the list (And I wan't to send a lot more...), 
>> and
>> expect to help. Sorry for the the bad english (Need's a litle practice).
>>
>> Can't you associate each IP with a MAC address from the list? It's the
> best thing
>> to do (as it is the most secure...).
>>
>> Or.... maybe this is that you want:
>>
>> ---CUT HERE---
>> while read mac; do
>>   iptables -A INPUT -m mac --mac-source $mac -m iprange --src-range \
>>    172.16.2.241-172.16.2.250 -j ACCEPT
>> done < /path/to/maclist
>> iptables -AINPUT -m iprange --src-range 172.16.2.241-172.16.2.250 -j DROP
>> ---CUT HERE---
>>
>> This will create a lot of rules (One per MAC address from the list)
> instead of only one "wonderful rule". Of course the rules must be "best
> worked", but maybe this can solve the problem.
>>
>> See also:
>> # iptables -m mac --help
>> # iptables -m iprange --help
>>
>> --
>> Marcos S. Trazzini
>>
>>
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