Hi All For a project we'd want to authenticate Listening Clients over their Network MAC address. Anyone knows whether that's possible or not? We think about a (flat) file, containing the allowed MAC addresses, the icecast server checking whether the clients match (=authenticate) or not (=deny). Thanks, Alex
Unless all the users are connected to the same switch and there is no routers in the middle then this might be possible. If there are routers, then you will get the routers MAC address as that is how ARP and ENet segments get packets passed around. Ian H. Stewart - ian@smartfamilymedia.com Product Discovery and Engineering ....................................................................... : visit the show: http://www.familytechshow.com/ : : : A Radio Show about Family and Technology : phn: 951-244-6205 : : featuring the Smart Family : fax: 801-306-2349 : : Maxwell, Victoria & Jennifer : : :.................................................:...................: : LIVE Sat 8-11am Pac at our website or ask your local talk station : :.....................................................................: : Email AIM - iChat - Yahoo : : radio@familytechshow.com smartmaxradio smartvicradio : :.....................................................................: PS Have you seen 9 year old Jen's Premiere videos? Check out the new Pirates of the Caribbean Video! jenniradio.com On Jun 26, 2006, at 10:59 PM, Alexander Dal Farra wrote:> Hi All > > For a project we'd want to authenticate Listening Clients over > their Network > MAC address. Anyone knows whether that's possible or not? We think > about a > (flat) file, containing the allowed MAC addresses, the icecast server > checking whether the clients match (=authenticate) or not (=deny). > > Thanks, > Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast >
On 6/27/06, Alexander Dal Farra <alexander.dalfarra@dmd2.net> wrote:> Hi All > > For a project we'd want to authenticate Listening Clients over their Network > MAC address. Anyone knows whether that's possible or not? We think about a > (flat) file, containing the allowed MAC addresses, the icecast server > checking whether the clients match (=authenticate) or not (=deny).This is not possible - TCP does not provide this information. Mike
Hi, Icecast doesn't support this. You may set up a firewall however. Netfilter/iptables for example supports MAC filtering. But this only works in a switched network (as Wilson pointed out), if routing occurs, MAC addresses get replaced. Yours, Jacint Alexander Dal Farra wrote:> Hi All > > For a project we'd want to authenticate Listening Clients over their Network > MAC address. Anyone knows whether that's possible or not? We think about a > (flat) file, containing the allowed MAC addresses, the icecast server > checking whether the clients match (=authenticate) or not (=deny). > > Thanks, > Alex > > > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast >
what about "ethernet over tcp"? don't know if windows support this, but for linux/unix users it should be possible to authenticate via mac address in routed network using icecast url authentication + eth over ip software bridge. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Balint Jacint" <bjacint@kvark.hu> To: "Alexander Dal Farra" <alexander.dalfarra@dmd2.net> Cc: <icecast@xiph.org> Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [Icecast] Icecast auth over MAC address> Hi, > > Icecast doesn't support this. > You may set up a firewall however. Netfilter/iptables for example supports > MAC filtering. > But this only works in a switched network (as Wilson pointed out), if > routing occurs, MAC addresses get replaced. > > Yours, > Jacint > > Alexander Dal Farra wrote: >> Hi All >> >> For a project we'd want to authenticate Listening Clients over their >> Network >> MAC address. Anyone knows whether that's possible or not? We think about >> a >> (flat) file, containing the allowed MAC addresses, the icecast server >> checking whether the clients match (=authenticate) or not (=deny). >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Icecast mailing list >> Icecast@xiph.org >> http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast >> > _______________________________________________ > Icecast mailing list > Icecast@xiph.org > http://lists.xiph.org/mailman/listinfo/icecast