Actually, it doesn't mention brconfig anymore (or is my memory
failing me, and it never did? quite possible)
In any case, sorry for the unneeded snark.
----- Forwarded message from "Bret S. Lambert" <bret.lamb...@gmail.com> -----
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 13:42:42 +0100
From: "Bret S. Lambert" <bret.lamb...@gmail.com>
To: Jean-Francois <jfsimon1...@gmail.com>
Cc: misc@openbsd.org
Subject: Re: Filtering based on MAC adress
On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 01:19:14PM +0100, Jean-Francois wrote:
> Le Samedi 20 Fivrier 2010 12:21:14, Bret S. Lambert a icrit :
> > On Sat, Feb 20, 2010 at 11:49:54AM +0100, Jean-Francois wrote:
> > > Good morning,
> > >
> > > Is it possible to do filtering through pf or blocking traffic based of
> > > MAC adress recognition ?
> > >
> > > We want to identify the machines on the internal network based on their
> > > MAC adress and filter.
> > >
> > > Can tools like pf fo this (not in my actual searches) ? another way ?
> >
> > Although pf cannot filter on mac addresses, you can set up a
> > bridge interface to add tags to packets, which pf can then
> > act upon.
> >
> > > Regards
>
> Hello Bret,
>
> Can you please briefly explain the principle. I can see ifconfig(8) mentions
> also that however it is still not clear.
PS - ifconfig also mentions brconfig, so you should probably have been able to
find that manpage yourself
>
> I need to make a subnet with a local dhcp server and to filter on this side. I
> believe I will do some NAT.
>
> Regards.
>
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