Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:14:02 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu> To: Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe <mitayai@dreaming.org> Cc: David Erickson <erickson@mddsg.com>, <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MAC Address Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012102309540.1973-100000@daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0012102305180.95191-100000@castle.dreaming.org>
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I'd want to do it because at our university there are plugs for laptops on DHCP network, but DHCP server knows everyone's MAC address so all my activity is logged when I use it. Changing my MAC address would open some interesting posiblities. From a purely theoretical point of view, of course. > Dave, > > I'm sure you could work it out, but i'm curious as why you would want > to do this? A MAC address provides a necessary function in it's sequences > of set prefixes and it's sequence of unique suffixes. > > -Mit > > > --- > Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe > Toronto, Ontario, Canada > mitayai@dreaming.org > > On Sun, 10 Dec 2000, David Erickson wrote: > > > Is it possible to change the MAC address on a NIC through ifconfig or any > > other means or do I have to get a specific NIC that supports this > > functionality? > > > > Dave Erickson > > > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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