Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:31:36 +0100 From: Guido van Rooij <guido@gvr.org> To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, julian@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_ethersubr.c Message-ID: <19990202203136.A3600@gvr.org> In-Reply-To: <199902020626.HAA22941@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:26:59AM %2B0100 References: <19990201213105.A27710@gvr.org> <199902020626.HAA22941@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>
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On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:26:59AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > to be a good way to have something like: > > ifconfig ether <mac address> > > When I last looked it seemed like I had to break layering in order to > > implement it. > > It would be very usefull for thinks like HSRP but also in envs where you > > want to be able to quickly hook up your notebook in stead of your > > desktop and where MAC authorization is used on UDP ports. > > do we have to hear this from our security officer :) Tss..Things like this shouldn't be limited by functionality but on authorization. As far as I know, the functionaility already is in because XNS sets the mac address (as far as I know). -Guido To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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