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Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch
From: David Lesher <wb8foz () nrk com>
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:36:26 -0400 (EDT)
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 15:10:57 -0400 (EDT) bdragon () gweep net wrote:manufacturer assigned macs are guaranteed to be globally unique.Theoretically. I didn't experience it personally, but I believe there was at least one fairly well known event a few years back where a manufacturer shipped cards with duplicated UAAs.
Ascend had a run of Pipeline ISDN routers where the record stuck the record stuck the record stuck [1] the MAC incrementor stuck on the production line. No one noticed for months until some poor guy had TWO on one LAN segment... [1] Apologies to Monty Python.. -- A host is a host from coast to coast.................wb8foz () nrk com & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
Current thread:
- RE: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch, (continued)
- RE: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Mike Leber (Sep 17)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch bdragon (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Justin Shore (Sep 17)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Aaron Dewell (Sep 17)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch bdragon (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Mr. James W. Laferriere (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Scott Granados (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Richard Irving (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Richard Irving (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch John Kristoff (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch David Lesher (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Dominic J. Eidson (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Crist Clark (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Chris Boyd (Sep 18)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch David G. Andersen (Sep 17)
- Re: News of ISC Developing BIND Patch Vadim Antonov (Sep 17)
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