El jue, 14 de 10 de 2004 a las 15:48, Claudio Lavecchia escribiÃ: > Hello you ppl, > > I am a real newbie to iptables/ipchains/netfilter issues, so please if any > of you can help me, please consider my illetteracy. > I have a really simple question for which I did not find an answer browsing > the website. > > If I understood correctly there are no C APIs to iptables and this leads me > to troubles: I am writing a linux daemon that monitors network traffic and > does something when some conditions occur. I work with mobile ad-hoc > networks where each node acts as a relay for other nodes traffic, so the > background are WLANs. > I need to write a C function that blocks forwarding of packets that come > from a given node of the network, identified by its MAC address. > > Prototype for my function is then: > > void block_forwarding(char * MAC_address); > > Is this feasible someway using iptables? Can anyone give me a precise hint > on how to do that? I would be truly grateful if someone could help me. > > Thanks > > Claudio Check libiptc and libipq, they should help for your job, and they have some documentation you can use. -- Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez Director Tecnico de bgSEC jkerouac@xxxxxxxxx bgSEC Seguridad y Consultoria de Sistemas Informaticos http://www.bgsec.com ESPAÃA The only people for me are the mad ones -- the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow Roman candles. -- Jack Kerouac, "On the Road"
