On 16:44 07 Aug 2003, Eble, Dan <DanE@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: | I would like to set up an ACL for an ethernet port using ebtables rules, and | if a security violation occurs, to physically disable the port (i.e. | whatever "ifconfig down" does). I did not see such a feature in the | ebtables man page. Does this exist anywhere, or do I have to create a new | extension for it? You could log the event, and monitor the log with a tail -f logfile | ... to turn it off. No extension needed. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ Loud Pipes make noise. Skill and experience save lives. - Ed Morandi, edm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DoD#0733