Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 13:11:42 -0300 (ADT) From: User Freebsd <freebsd@hub.org> To: Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> Cc: Xiao-Yong Jin <xj2106@columbia.edu>, Nikolas Britton <nikolas.britton@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Gotta start somewhere ... how many of us are really out there? Message-ID: <20060801131123.Y27679@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <17615.30414.314802.792740@jerusalem.litteratus.org> References: <20060728164526.E27679@ganymede.hub.org> <87slklj9hu.fsf@photon.homelinux.org> <20060729021007.F27679@ganymede.hub.org> <44CD41EC.6030605@freebsd.org> <20060730233839.I27679@ganymede.hub.org> <44CDAA98.3030702@freebsd.org> <44CDE02F.4090604@dial.pipex.com> <44CE7DD0.9070902@childeric.freeserve.co.uk> <871ws1v261.fsf@photon.homelinux.org> <20060731220830.B27679@ganymede.hub.org> <ef10de9a0608010121j154c7ael7ece0997a479572e@mail.gmail.com> <20060801120058.O27679@ganymede.hub.org> <17615.30414.314802.792740@jerusalem.litteratus.org>
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On Tue, 1 Aug 2006, Robert Huff wrote: > User Freebsd writes: >> Actually, using ifconfig wouldn't work ... it would give unique, but as >> soon as you add another IP (ie. alias), the ID would change ... you'd need >> to do something like: >> >> ifconfig | grep ether | sha256 | md5 >> >> since the 'ether' would never change ... > > At least some cards (+ FreeBSD drivers) allow you to set the > MAC address .... Man, we definitely don't make a unique host id an easy thing to accomplish, do we? :) ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664
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