From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?B?SOVrYW4gRW5nYmxvbQ==?= Subject: Re: source-mac filtering Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 19:16:12 +0100 Sender: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org Message-ID: Mime-Version: 1.0 Return-path: Errors-To: netfilter-admin@lists.netfilter.org List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org OK, thanks for the support. br H=E5kan E. >From: Antony Stone >To: netfilter@lists.netfilter.org >Subject: Re: source-mac filtering >Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2004 17:50:52 +0000 > >On Sunday 11 January 2004 5:39 pm, H=E5kan Engblom wrote: > > > Yes, I've come to realize that. > > > > Is it technically necessary for the dhcp-server to do so, or could it be > > that some other dhcpd behaves different ? > >It is technically necessary, because DHCP clients do not have IP addressing >information when they begin the communication; everything is done using >ethernet broadcasts. Such packets cannot be acquired using a standard >socket bind, so the server application needs to listen at a lower level=20 >than >the TCP/IP stack allows. > >Regards, > >Antony. > >-- >A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. >Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? >A: Top-posting. >Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > > Please reply to the = >list; > please don't C= C=20 >me. > > _________________________________________________________________ Hitta r=E4tt p=E5 n=E4tet med MSN S=F6k http://search.msn.se/