On Fri, Jun 28, 2013 at 11:01:10AM -0400, Nick Khamis wrote: > Is it possible to have a MySQL backed IPTables? No, network packets need to be handled in real time. Your SQL query would take too long. > What we are trying to accomplish is having our clients supply us > with a mac address (or ip), and we would let them through our core > network. This would be done automatically on our website i.e.: > > * User logs into the website, and provides mac address > * We insert the record in the database as an allow rule... Sounds like a job for ipset(8). > * Restart iptables? Restart? What does that mean? iptables is not a daemon. -- http://rob0.nodns4.us/ -- system administration and consulting Offlist GMX mail is seen only if "/dev/rob0" is in the Subject: -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netfilter" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
