Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2022 19:48:26 -0700 From: Dennis Radford <denradford@gmail.com> To: emailrob@emailrob.com, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: --solved-- ; well , mostly ; was: my isp has trouble with its own dhcp assignment Message-ID: <2ca5c7d6-6e10-8b1a-f602-e2c3743e8554@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4257bca2-f07a-a29b-847a-b3ba07a7cb8b@risebroadband.net> References: <e25c9c9d-9e6a-c349-d04e-4103b1256f24@risebroadband.net> <ec77cabe-4436-a3da-cbb1-367f481413c9@holgerdanske.com> <184d5515-80af-50b3-593e-6bc379b441df@risebroadband.net> <64f6a7dd-5c99-1c07-8b4f-27a3f2ecc9af@holgerdanske.com> <fd24e5ea-9395-e2cc-42a0-d832a5661fab@risebroadband.net> <95dab92e-1f3f-065f-577d-c8ab21dcd577@holgerdanske.com> <4257bca2-f07a-a29b-847a-b3ba07a7cb8b@risebroadband.net>
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On 11/6/2022 7:01 PM, spellberg_robert wrote: > 22_nov_06_sun 25.55.utc > > > never_the_less , i --do-- have a question . > > is there some kind of security issue w/ nic mac_addresses ? > > i have been trying to imagine one . > if so , then i suspect that > it relates to activities , which i do not do . > this would explain my lack of imagination . > i do not do lap_tops [ hardware configuration is nearly impossible ] ; > i do not do wi_fi [ eavesdropping ] ; > i do not do windows [ now , really ; do you have to ask why ? ] . > please note that > i am not against these things , for those who wish them ; > different peoples have different ways . > i have programmed ms_dos ; i have used ms_win ; > i have considered lt/wf ; these are not for me . > make mine a dozen of a several_hundred_char_wide xterm . > > I've not personally heard of a security 'issue' with mac addresses. They are simply the 'addresses' used to communicate to the next layer down on the network stack. > > here is another one . > > regard_less of the answer to the above question , > do other isps do this [ check the mac_addr ] ? > I suspect most do. Maintaining a database of approved and active modem/gateway devices connecting to their network, associated with their respective customers. --Dennis
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