From owner-freebsd-security Sun Dec 10 20:16:56 2000 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 20:16:52 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from sr14.nsw-remote.bigpond.net.au (sr14.nsw-remote.bigpond.net.au [24.192.3.29]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C6D737B401 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:16:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from fulton.net.au (CPE-144-132-180-48.nsw.bigpond.net.au [144.132.180.48]) by sr14.nsw-remote.bigpond.net.au (Pro-8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id PAA13793; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:16:45 +1100 (EDT) Received: from plasmo ([203.53.147.231]) by fulton.net.au (8.11.1/8.11.1) with SMTP id eBB4GgN05835; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:16:42 +1100 (EST) (envelope-from jefff@fulton.net.au) Message-ID: <01ee01c0632a$bdffad40$9214a8c0@plasmo> From: "Jeff Fulton" To: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" , "David Erickson" Cc: References: Subject: Re: MAC Address Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:27:57 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4133.2400 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Maybe to masquerade as another address to fool a dhcp server or even a license server. Some of the cable networks register your mac address and won't allow you to connect from a different address, unless you call them up and ask to get it changed. There have also been a few nasty manufacturing events over the years when a whole batch of cards got sent out all with identical mac addresses. Regards, Jeff Fulton ----- Original Message ----- From: "Will Mitayai Keeso Rowe" To: "David Erickson" Cc: Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 3:08 PM Subject: Re: MAC Address > 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