Re: [squid-users] Mac address based restriction

Hello santharam,

You can use arp acl.

To use ARP (MAC) access controls, you first need to compile in the optional
code. Do this with the --enable-arp-acl configure option:

% ./configure --enable-arp-acl ...
% make clean
% make

Note 1: If src/acl.c doesn't compile, then ARP ACLs are probably not
supported on your system.

If everything compiles, then you can add some ARP ACL lines to your
squid.conf

Usage
acl aclname arp ARP-ADDRESS
Example
acl ACLARP arp 11:12:13:14:15:16
ACLARP refers MACADDRESS of the ethernet 11:12:13:14:15:16

Note 2: Squid can only determine the MAC address for clients that are on the
*same* subnet(i.e. ARP acl checks only work for the local ethernet lan. If
the user is behind a router then the MAC address is that of the router). If
the client is on a different subnet, then Squid cannot find out its MAC
address.

If you've still problem, try to send squid.conf and specify the version of
squid that you are using.

Thanks and Regards,
-Sathyan
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> Hi ,
> I want to allow htttp access only for certain computers.Is there
> any way to restrict the http access using hardware address.
>
> Thanks
> santha
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Received on Sun May 19 2002 - 03:12:34 MDT