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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