>________________________________ > From: Brian Hamacher <bhamac...@westianet.com> >To: ipv6@ietf.org >Sent: Wednesday, 12 December 2012 9:04 AM >Subject: MAC Address Tracking > > >I am looking for a good way to track my users MAC Addresses. I have a test >DHCPv6 server up and running ISC 4.1.1-P1. When I look through my DHCP logs >as well as my leases file I do not see the client MAC Address anywhere. Do I >need to enable an option to allow this to be logged? I am looking to figure >out how I can track what user had what IP Address at any given time. The MAC >Address is traditionally how I have done this. >
Assuming MAC address = user is fundamentally assuming that a device is exclusively used by that one user. Mobile devices (e.g. tablets, smartphones) might suggest that assumption is becoming more true, however I think it actually might make it less true - mobile devices are also a lot easier to share or steal, than fixed location devices like desktop PCs. It might be worth considering moving to a user authentication model such as 802.1x to track your network users identities (i.e. use what they know to identify them, rather than what they have). >Any thoughts would be appreciated. > >Thank You > >Brian > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >ipv6@ietf.org >Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list ipv6@ietf.org Administrative Requests: https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
