On 09/14/2015 02:50 AM, Davide Marini wrote:
> Hi all,
> my name is Davide Marini, I'm using shorewall for a while, but this is 
> the first time I'm writing on this ML.
> This is my scenario: I'm using the MACLIST option, so I properly edited 
> the necessary files (maclist, interfaces etc.) in order to make it 
> work... and it's working flawlessy, the policy is DROP for packets with 
> no ip/mac binding.
> 
> Now, on  the same machine where Shorewall is running, I also have a dhcp 
> server for my LAN with dhcp reservations (reservations are exactly the 
> same ip/mac listed in the maclist file) .
> The devices have no fixed ip, they receive an ip from the dhcp and the 
> ones with the reservation can make traffic, the others are blocked.
> This is important because it avoid me to configure any single device 
> with fixed ip, I can make everything from remote, just need to know the 
> mac address.
> 
> The problem now is that the maclist option in shorewall create the block 
> rule at the top of the INPUT chain and this is blocking all dhcp 
> requests from clients to my dhcp server (running on the same server 
> machine), so even the clients in the maclist can't receive an IP address 
> and they can't make any traffic.
> I tried to put some rule in the /etc/shorewall/rules file, but I can't 
> put anything prior the maclist rule (maybe there is one way I don't know).
> 
> At the moment I'm using a work around: I edited the /etc/shorewall/start 
> script file putting the right iptables rules to allow clients to talk 
> with the dhcp server (input accept udp ports 67 and 68).
> It is working... but I would prefer to use a more "standard" way to make 
> it work... do you have any advice?
> thank you

Two questions:

a) Have you specified the 'dhcp' option on the interface?
b) Which Shorewall version are you running?

Thanks,
-Tom
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