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Ned_66277
Dec 22, 2010Nimbostratus
Restrict by source MAC address?
Is it possible to restrict by source MAC address? I have some iRules now that restrict by source IP, which are fine for our internal apps. We're discussing locking down an external site to certain p...
hooleylist
Dec 27, 2010Cirrostratus
Hi Ned,
Getting the MAC address from a client depends on Javascript retrieving the address and inserting it into an HTTP header in requests. A client could easily modify this value to anything they want using simple browser addons. So from a security perspective this would be a bad idea to use for access control.
You could potentially use an iRule or for more functionality, APM, to perform the authentication against a remote auth database. If there are three applications which require auth, you could use an iRule or APM to reduce this to one login.
Aaron
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