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From: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu>
To: Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe <mitayai@dreaming.org>
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Subject: Re: MAC Address
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I'd want to do it because at our university there are plugs for laptops on
DHCP network, but DHCP server knows everyone's MAC address so all my
activity is logged when I use it. Changing my MAC address would open some
interesting posiblities.
From a purely theoretical point of view, of course.

> Dave,
>
> I'm sure you could work it out, but i'm curious as why you would want
> to do this? A MAC address provides a necessary function in it's sequences
> of set prefixes and it's sequence of unique suffixes.
>
> -Mit
>
>
> ---
> Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe
> Toronto, Ontario, Canada
> mitayai@dreaming.org
>
> On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, David Erickson wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to change the MAC address on a NIC through ifconfig or any
> > other means or do I have to get a specific NIC that supports this
> > functionality?
> >
> > Dave Erickson
> >
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