Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 10:50:56 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <rwatson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe <mitayai@dreaming.org> Cc: David Erickson <erickson@mddsg.com>, freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MAC Address Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.96L.1001211104918.41424F-100000@fledge.watson.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012102305180.95191-100000@castle.dreaming.org>
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On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe wrote: > 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. While apparently it's not the aim of the person asking, there are a lot of practical benefits to being able to change the MAC address on a device. This functionality can be used in (both manual and automatic) fail-over situations with bad/lost/stolen cards, in the presence of centrally administered DHCP and bootp services that don't adapt rapidly (or at all) to changing MAC addresses, etc. Robert N M Watson FreeBSD Core Team, TrustedBSD Project robert@fledge.watson.org NAI Labs, Safeport Network Services To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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