That's true, but normally service machines are near the firewall (Take mail as an example), also in a small environment it could be useful. GNATBOX is typically deployed in a small environment anyways, most of the larger organizations prefer name brands.
Regards Steven -----Original Message----- From: Chris Green [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 09 November 2001 06:32 To: Steven Sporen; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Filtering my MAC address. --------------------- Attention ----------------------------- A digest version of this list is now available. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED], with the following message: subscribe gb-users-digest your_email_address Then unsubscribe from this list. ------------------------------------------------------------- GNAT Box User Forum http://www.gnatbox.com/cgi-bin/Ultimate.cgi Send postings to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Access the list archives at: http://www.gnatbox.com/gb-users/ ------------------------------------------------------------- >I think what they are trying to do in control outbound traffic related >to MAC address - it is on the local LAN. > > Regards > Steven Sporen > >Snr Network Admin, ECnet | www.ecnet.co.za Correct, but not all networks are a single flat LAN! :) Many large companies have multiple subnets beyond routers. Some even share an internet connection among multiple locations. This feature would be useless for them. It would be targeted only at those with a single network behind the Gnatbox. Chris _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp ---------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe gb-users your_email_address in the body of the message
