Re: [SLE] Trying to use a Mac address for my firewall....help?

From: Togan Muftuoglu (toganm_at_dinamizm.com)
Date: 12/19/03

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    * Tom Nielsen; <tom@neuro-logic.com> on 18 Dec, 2003 wrote:
    >My office has a SuSE firewall and a SuSE 8.2 mail server behind it
    >running imap. I can access my mail server from home because I setup my
    >IP address on my firewall. Now, I'm trying to setup my laptop to access
    >the mail server, but instead of using an IP, I want to use a MAC
    >address. Why? Because I'm on the go and I can't always know what IP
    >address I'm going to have and I don't want to leave that port wide open
    >all the time.

    >
    >So, what entry do I make in my SuSEfirewall.conf so that my laptop's MAC
    >address will be allowed through????

    Nothing if I understand you correctly, as MAC Addresses will change as
    your packet travels from one router to another one. Using MAC address is
    an option when you have it on your LOCAL LAN and the laptop is connected
    to the gateway (or the firewall machine)

    your best bet is VPN or ssh as I see it 

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