yupes in case of Squid Bjoshi
On Sat, 16 Feb 2002, Ravi Kumar wrote: > Hi, > > Is this possible to stop address in proxy using MAC > address instead of IP address. > > TIA. > > > > > > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 12 Feb 2002, at 14:36, Marc Sahr wrote: > > > > > Huh? How can a hard-coded mac address be changed? > > It's burned into the > > > NIC controller chip, and every single > > network-attached device has a > > > unique MAC address. I've never heard of being able > > to change them. > > > > > > Marc > > > > It's not, typically, read from the ROM every time > > it's needed. > > It's read *ONCE* during startup, into a buffer in > > the driver, and > > that be overwritten by later code. > > And the tools to do THAT are commonly supplied > > with the OS, because > > you might be replacing a former NIC (or entire > > machine) in a context > > where the old MAC address is known and perhaps > > embedded in various > > other devices. Easier to mimic the old node than to > > hunt down every > > reference.... > > > > DG > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Firewalls mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com > _______________________________________________ > Firewalls mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls > _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls
