Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2002 13:54:22 -0600 From: Lucas Bergman <lucas@slb.to> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: Jan Knepper <jan@digitaldaemon.com>, FreeBSD Questions <FreeBSD-Questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Detecting IP addresses on ONE system. Message-ID: <15419.20078.672514.153470@apu.five.sight> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0201081344510.64022-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca> References: <15419.15839.806253.869941@apu.five.sight> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0201081344510.64022-100000@xena.gsicomp.on.ca>
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[ Format recovered: top-post ] > > > I wondered if there is a way to detect from the outside how many > > > IP address assignments a system has. > > > > It's not really clear (to me) what you mean here. An answer to > > your question might be: It is not possible, in general, to tell if > > two given IP addresses are assigned to the same physical computer. > > If you're on the same LAN as this system, arp will tell you the MAC > address associated with each IP. If the MAC addresses are the same, > then they IPs are on the same card (hence same system). Right. However, the case where that sort of information is available is specifically excluded: The OP asks about detecting IP ``assignments'' from ``the outside.'' I stand by my answer, that no *general* way to do what (I think) the OP asked exists. Lucas To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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