Brian J. Murrell wrote:
On Sun, 2008-07-13 at 21:20 -0700, Tom Eastep wrote:
Use the rules file

Yeah.  The more I thought about it, the more I wondered what the
use-case for the maclist file was given that the rules file could handle
it -- or so it seemed at first glance.


MAC validation in the rules file is awkward to do in the general case without user-defined actions; those came along well after the maclist file was invented.

Of course, given the ease with which MAC addresses can be spoofed, one might wonder "Why do MAC validation at all?".

-Tom
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