Am Do, den 29.01.2004 schrieb SzemerÃdy GÃbor um 16:27: > Hello list members! > We have a server with its public IP address and there is also a subnet > with > local addresses (192.168.0.x) on it. > We would like to limit the access from certain IP address so that it can > > be > established only if the request comes from the same workstation. > Something like capturing the workstations MAC address to its IP address > , > so that the user can browse the internet only if the MAC address of the > workstation and the IP address are equal to the predefined values. > We do traffic accounting by IP address and would like to prevent using > the account of an other workstation by changing the IP address. > (In current situation one can browse the internet with certain IP > address and then > change the IP address and use the account of an other person). > Is there any solution? > Thanks Sure is there a solution: just be sure you are the only person with root permissions! Only root can change the IP address of a linux host. If it is not possible to limit root to you, you will have to modify your iptables rules to also check the MAC address of a station initiating a connection. Alexander -- Alexander Dalloz | Enger, Germany | GPG key 1024D/ED695653 1999-07-13 Fedora GNU/Linux Core 1 (Yarrow) on Athlon CPU kernel 2.4.22-1.2149.nptl Sirendipity 16:49:13 up 1:36, 7 users, 0.00, 0.11, 0.19 [ ÎÎÏÎÎ Ï'ÎÏÏÎÎ - gnothi seauton ]