Subject: Re: 2.0 change of ethernet adres
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 10/26/2004 17:49:19
Benjamin Walkenhorst wrote:

> I don't think it would be a good idea... After all, the ethernet
> address is hard-wired in the card, so this would potentially

Most network devices allow you to change the MAC address.  On Solaris, 
you can do it with ifconfig, even.  Relying on MAC addresses for 
security purposes is a bad idea.

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   Matthias Buelow; mkb@{mukappabeta,informatik.uni-wuerzburg}.de