Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:05:04 -0800 From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it> Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: where to place a database of ethernet addresses ? Message-ID: <200002241705.e1OH54P30001@nimitz.ca.sandia.gov> In-Reply-To: <200002241655.RAA08060@info.iet.unipi.it> References: <200002241655.RAA08060@info.iet.unipi.it>
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--==_Exmh_-250528048P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii If memory serves me right, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > what would be the right place to put a database of ethernet addresses ? > There are various reasons i need this, one is to wire the ARP table > so that machines cannot steal too easily other people's IPs, > to do autoconfiguration on PicoBSD floppies, etc. etc. > > Right now (in picobsd at least) i have put records of the form > > # 01:23:45:67:89:a0 hostname > > (where the '#' is part of the format) in /etc/hosts, but perhaps > there is a better standard place ? man 5 ethers Or is that not what you had in mind? Cheers, Bruce. --==_Exmh_-250528048P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use MessageID: iUSS63YHRuuKMWtuFAx9vWYRS1WX65xY iQA/AwUBOLVkwNjKMXFboFLDEQIqRwCfR+YuPabTMfNtr3RdTGprd0VVpEQAnAy6 pbagd6ArEd0ATwnKkVcpq1IP =/nJY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-250528048P-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message
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