From owner-freebsd-net Thu Feb 24 9: 5:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from nimitz.ca.sandia.gov (nimitz.ca.sandia.gov [146.246.243.56]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECC9B37C1F0 for ; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:05:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bmah@nimitz.ca.sandia.gov) Received: (from bmah@localhost) by nimitz.ca.sandia.gov (8.10.0.Beta12/8.10.0.Beta12) id e1OH54P30001; Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:05:04 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200002241705.e1OH54P30001@nimitz.ca.sandia.gov> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1-cvs 10/15/1999 To: Luigi Rizzo Cc: net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: where to place a database of ethernet addresses ? In-Reply-To: <200002241655.RAA08060@info.iet.unipi.it> References: <200002241655.RAA08060@info.iet.unipi.it> Comments: In-reply-to Luigi Rizzo message dated "Thu, 24 Feb 2000 17:55:25 +0100." From: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV (Bruce A. Mah) Reply-To: bmah@CA.Sandia.GOV X-Face: g~c`.{#4q0"(V*b#g[i~rXgm*w;:nMfz%_RZLma)UgGN&=j`5vXoU^@n5v4:OO)c["!w)nD/!!~e4Sj7LiT'6*wZ83454H""lb{CC%T37O!!'S$S&D}sem7I[A 2V%N&+ X-Url: http://www.ca.sandia.gov/~bmah/ Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-250528048P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 09:05:04 -0800 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org --==_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