NAME

Fwctl::Services::dhcp - Fwctl module to handle the dhcp protocol.

SYNOPSIS

    accept  dhcp -src INTERNAL_NET -dst DHCP_SERVER
    deny    dhcp -src INTERNAL_NET -nolog
    account dhcp -src INTERNAL_NET

DESCRIPTION

This module is used to handle the DHCP protocol. It adds rules to handle the special addresses used by the DHCP protocol. Since DHCP is a broadcast based protocol restricted to local segment, so which by definition doesn't cross a firewall, who would want to use such a module ?

Two use, first to prevent clutter of log files which denied dhcp broadcast packets when you are using DHCP on the internal network. Second, when your firewall is acting as a DHCP server to the internal network. ??? Who would want to do that ??? Someone trying to replace all WinGate installations with linux based solutions ;-).

AUTHOR

Copyright (c) 1999 Francis J. Lacoste and iNsu Innovations Inc. All rights reserved.

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms as perl itself.

SEE ALSO

fwctl(8) Fwctl(3) Fwctl::RuleSet(3)