RE: Firewall Rules by MAC Address. IS it possible?

GD Incorporation <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.firewalls.m0n0wall
Organization GD Systems
Message-ID <[email protected]>
True

But MAC address is a lot more difficult to change than IP for most people.
Only a few computer people knows that.

Rendra

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joey
Morin
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 11:24 AM
To: m0n0wall
Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Firewall Rules by MAC Address. IS it possible?

not really.  MAC addresses can be changed as well (unless you're using a 20
year old nic)

On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 11:37 PM, GD Incorporation <
[email protected]> wrote:

> That was why I would like to know if there is a way to do Firewall 
> Rules by MAC Address. IT will surely be safe that way. No matter what 
> IP is being set.
>
> Rendra
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: YvesDM [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 11:27 PM
> To: Lee Sharp
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [m0n0wall] Firewall Rules by MAC Address. IS it possible?
>
> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Lee Sharp <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > You got it.  A determined guy can still get out with VPN or 
> > something similer, but that will lock it down fairly tight.
> >
> >                        Lee
> >
>
> Or he just sets another ip manually and he's out browsing the web 
> without restrictions.... ;-)
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