----- Original Message -----
From: "Holden Hao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: [plug] About Packet Filtering and Squid Proxy


> Am I right in saying to forgo MAC addresses since this can be created for
example by ifconfig as pointed out before by Rick.  Thus if somebody knows
the MAC address of a card and he uses that with ifconfig then he can get
thru your ACL.

yes if you are under the hub environment... but if you are under the switch
enviroment and implemented port security by allowing this mac address to
this port and drop everything, mac spoofing is useless...

fooler.


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