From: Arnd Bergmann <arndbergmann@googlemail.com>
To: lkml@makubi.at
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: DHCP and iptables
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:48:44 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200910121848.45005.arnd@arndb.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20091012183441.64616r9da17njyww@www.issp.eu>
On Monday 12 October 2009, lkml@makubi.at wrote:
> The last few days I have been wondering about the fact, that I get an IP
> address via
> DHCP if all chains at iptables are set to drop and no accept rules set.
>
> Does this happen on purpose?
DHCP is an ethernet protocol, not an IP protocol, so you have to use
ebtables instead of iptables to filter it.
Arnd <><
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-12 16:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-12 16:34 DHCP and iptables lkml
2009-10-12 16:48 ` Arnd Bergmann [this message]
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2009-10-12 17:04 Mathias Kub
2009-10-12 21:50 lkml
2009-10-12 22:08 ` Arnd Bergmann
2009-10-12 22:41 ` lkml
2009-10-12 22:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-10-12 22:53 ` lkml
2009-10-12 23:45 ` H. Peter Anvin
2009-10-12 23:59 ` Mathias Kub
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