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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 16:24:30 -0700
From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
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To: Luigi Rizzo <luigi@info.iet.unipi.it>
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Subject: Re: where to place a database of ethernet addresses ?
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Luigi Rizzo wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> 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 ?

/etc/ethers?  See ethers(5) and ethers(3) for more info.

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Wes Peters                                                         Softweyr LLC
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