From owner-cvs-all Tue Feb 2 11:31:57 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA21193 for cvs-all-outgoing; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:31:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from gvr.gvr.org (gvr.gvr.org [194.151.74.97]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA21186; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 11:31:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from guido@gvr.org) Received: (from guido@localhost) by gvr.gvr.org (8.8.8/8.8.5) id UAA03613; Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:31:37 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <19990202203136.A3600@gvr.org> Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 20:31:36 +0100 From: Guido van Rooij To: Luigi Rizzo Cc: wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu, julian@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/net if_ethersubr.c References: <19990201213105.A27710@gvr.org> <199902020626.HAA22941@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <199902020626.HAA22941@labinfo.iet.unipi.it>; from Luigi Rizzo on Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:26:59AM +0100 Sender: owner-cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk On Tue, Feb 02, 1999 at 07:26:59AM +0100, Luigi Rizzo wrote: > > to be a good way to have something like: > > ifconfig ether > > When I last looked it seemed like I had to break layering in order to > > implement it. > > It would be very usefull for thinks like HSRP but also in envs where you > > want to be able to quickly hook up your notebook in stead of your > > desktop and where MAC authorization is used on UDP ports. > > do we have to hear this from our security officer :) Tss..Things like this shouldn't be limited by functionality but on authorization. As far as I know, the functionaility already is in because XNS sets the mac address (as far as I know). -Guido To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message