Re: How to obtain a new wireless host's IP address?

Thanks for the quick reply! Yes, this had occured to me after SDE
suggested it earlier.

So, does this mean that access.fw is explicitly called by NoCatSplash
everytime a new user tries to surf the Net?

Thanks, again.
Pankaj.



On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 20:35:57 -0700, Scott C. Lemon
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Oops ... I posted the wrong access.fw ... It's this one:
> 
> ==============================================
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> ##
> # VERY simple access control script for leeenux
> ##
> 
> # Note: your PATH is inherited from the gateway process
> #
> 
> action=$1
> mac=$2
> ip=$3
> class=$4
> 
> if [ -z "$action" -o -z "$mac" -o -z "$ip" -o -z "$class" ]; then
>    echo Usage: $0 [permit\|deny] [MAC] [IP] [Class]
>    echo Example: $0 permit 00:02:2d:aa:bb:cc 10.0.0.105 member
>    exit 1
> fi
> 
> if [ "$action" = "permit" ]; then
>    cmd=-A
> elif [ "$action" = "deny" ]; then
>    cmd=-D
> else
>    echo "FATAL: Bad action: $action!"
>    exit 1
> fi
> 
> if [ "$class" = "Owner" ]; then
>    mark=1
> elif [ "$class" = "Member" ]; then
>    mark=2
> elif [ "$class" = "Public" ]; then
>    mark=3
> else
>    echo "FATAL: Bad class: $class!"
>    exit 1
> fi
> 
> # Mark outbound traffic from this node.
> iptables -t mangle $cmd NoCat -m mac --mac-source $mac -s $ip -j MARK
> --set-mark $mark
> 
> # Mark inbound traffic to this node.
> iptables -t filter $cmd NoCat_Inbound -d $ip -j ACCEPT
> 
> #
> # Ende
> #
> ==============================================
> 
> Again ... It appears to be very simple ... You could even execute other apps
> 
> 
> ...
> 
> Scott C. Lemon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Scott C. Lemon
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 8:28 PM
> To: 'Pankaj Godbole'; [email protected]
> Subject: RE: [NoCat] How to obtain a new wireless host's IP address?
> 
> Ok ... I'm going to take a shot at this ...  ;-)
> 
> Looking at the various *.fw files, you will see that they are all just shell
> scripts.  You ought to be able to edit the access.fw script, and simply add
> a statement to output the IP address parameter ($3?) to any other file, etc.
> that you like.
> 
> Access.fw appears to look like:
> 
> ==================================================
> #!/bin/sh
> 
> # Note: your PATH is inherited from the gateway process
> #
> 
> usage="Usage: $0 [permit|deny] [MAC] [IP] [Class]"
> action=$1
> mac=$2
> ip=$3
> class=$4
> 
> if [ "$action" == "permit" ]; then
>    cmd="-A"
> elif [ "$action" == "deny" ]; then
>    cmd="-D"
> else
>    echo $usage
>    exit 1
> fi
> 
> if [ -z "$ip" ]; then
>    echo $usage
>    exit 1
> fi
> 
> iptables -t nat $cmd NoCat_OK -j ACCEPT
> ==================================================
> 
> As you can see, it ought to be easy to just add a line to output any of the
> parms that you want to ...
> 
> Scott C. Lemon
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Pankaj Godbole
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 7:15 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [NoCat] How to obtain a new wireless host's IP address?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> I am facing a couple of problems:
> 
> 1) I'm using NoCatSplash which is written in C and so can't patch a Perl
> script to it. Is there a C equivalent?
> 2) It appears that I would have to run access.fw explicitly.
> 
> I am wondering if there's a simple way to just have NoCatSplash itself send
> a notification to stdout (or better yet a text file) with a new user's
> MAC/IP addresses, apart from updating the IPTables?
> 
> I agree that just reading the IP tables would be a straightforward way. But
> this would be a bit cumbersome for me since it would require my application
> to sit in a loop periodically querying the IP tables, and afterwards update
> a text file with the new info.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated!
> 
> Thanks,
> Pankaj.
> 
> On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 09:24:44 -0500, Bernie O'Connor <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> >
> > See this thread that refers to the userlog patch:
> >
> > http://lists.nocat.net/pipermail/nocat/2003-December/004067.html
> >
> > The patch and description is here:
> > http://www.usegroup.de/software/nocat/
> >
> > bernie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pankaj Godbole
> > Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 9:33 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: [NoCat] How to obtain a new wireless host's IP address?
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have a question regarding NoCatSplash. For a service that I am
> > developing for wireless clients, I need to obtain a new wireless
> > host's IP address or MAC address immediately after he/she is
> > authenticated.
> >
> > My question is: Is there a way to obtain address information from
> > NoCatSplash without having to modify the source code? E.g. does
> > NoCatSplash update a text file with this information? If not, can I
> > somehow get NoCatSplash to run my own script to obtain the address
> > info., as soon as the user is authenticated? Please help.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Pankaj.
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