Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2011 15:44:55 +0200 From: Fabian Keil <freebsd-listen@fabiankeil.de> To: Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r225380 - head/sys/net Message-ID: <20110918154455.208425e4@fabiankeil.de> In-Reply-To: <201109042206.p84M6W8e008867@svn.freebsd.org> References: <201109042206.p84M6W8e008867@svn.freebsd.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Andrew Thompson <thompsa@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Author: thompsa > Date: Sun Sep 4 22:06:32 2011 > New Revision: 225380 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/225380 > > Log: > On the first loop for generating a bridge MAC address use the local > hostid, this gives a good chance of keeping the same address over > reboots. This is intended to help IPV6 and similar which generate > their addresses from the mac. > > PR: kern/160300 > Submitted by: mdodd > Approved by: re (kib) > > Modified: > head/sys/net/if_bridge.c Are there other places where the system advertises the hostid on the network? I always assumed it to be a somewhat private identifier, so I'm a bit surprised by this commit. BTW, the man page still claims that the MAC address is chosen randomly. Fabian [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAk519egACgkQBYqIVf93VJ2EkgCgvfaMkQDVaWm25hj4+QpLw0Bl YtgAoLZ37iyv/gNLzn3GD2rTIuA925Fs =Ynlu -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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