how to allow by MAC
Randal L. Schwartz
merlyn at stonehenge.com
Mon Jun 11 22:18:25 UTC 2012
>>>>> "Bill" == Bill Yuan <bycn82 at gmail.com> writes:
Bill> I want to create a white list MAC address, Only the machine which it's MAC
Bill> in the white list will be allowed, all others will be blocked.
Bad idea. Since (a) every MAC address that *is* allowed is transmitted
in the clear and (b) it's trivial to spoof a MAC address.
This. is. no. security.
Please stop even trying.
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