Date: Sun, 8 Apr 2007 17:13:58 +0200 From: Pawel Jakub Dawidek <pjd@FreeBSD.org> To: gnn@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Host ID. Message-ID: <20070408151358.GX63916@garage.freebsd.pl> In-Reply-To: <m264873tm7.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com> References: <20070407120656.GD63916@garage.freebsd.pl> <4617CB2D.8000508@gmail.com> <20070407175439.GL63916@garage.freebsd.pl> <20070407.145301.-345495730.imp@bsdimp.com> <m264873tm7.wl%gnn@neville-neil.com>
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--x0Bbm7aQwrWvLJ2v Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-2 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Apr 08, 2007 at 10:04:16PM +0900, gnn@freebsd.org wrote: > I noted that someone mentioned using a network based ID. Since EUI-64 > are unique I would suspect they would be the best source for this on > systems that don't naturally have a hostid concept. See Appendix A of > RFC 2373 for how to create an EUI-64 Interface Identifier. >=20 > The only problem with this approach that I see is that if you remove > that interface (that is it was on a card not on your motherboard) then > it goes away. Perhaps generating this and storing it, no matter what > the future network configuration of the system is, is the right way to > go. So why not generate it and be done with it? And what if you move your card to another box were you're planning to install new system? I'd really like to make it simple and consistent on all archs, so one knows exactly what to expect. --=20 Pawel Jakub Dawidek http://www.wheel.pl pjd@FreeBSD.org http://www.FreeBSD.org FreeBSD committer Am I Evil? Yes, I Am! --x0Bbm7aQwrWvLJ2v Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFGGQa2ForvXbEpPzQRAhPlAKCKfGvVv8egdrD8jyaTCldoQl2rdACg74Ln vp0Fyd8OWeI3F9jdf45EmLM= =DxKn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --x0Bbm7aQwrWvLJ2v--
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