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Re: Down with DHCP!!!!
From: "Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 08:38:46 -0600
Since twenty people asked off-list, I'll just tell you that the software we're currently using for logging/tracking of MAC/IPs is Cacti (cacti.org I believe) and the add-on called "MacTrack". The desktop group here actually uses their AV software to detect rogue computers - scanning machines to verify the AV software is installed and has the latest definitions (obviously, if it doesn't, it's not one of theirs). This isn't free. On 2/21/06, Brian Loe <knobdy () gmail com> wrote:
I would make jokes about your last comment, but I'm too weirded out by this whole thread to even try. The company I work for, which is hardly at the forefront of security, can tell you when a new machine is added to the network, the instant it is added. Very soon, we'll be implementing port security on all of our switches and a centralized log server to gather data from every device on our network. Your reasons for wanting to dump DHCP are as flawed as the original poster's reasoning. Right now I can log into a FREE piece of software I have implemented here and tell you what MAC address had which IP address - for any period of time going back 2 weeks (and I could configure it to keep the records longer). Eventually everything will be getting logged in such a way that I'll be able to tell you when an "incident" occured, on what network, via which MAC address on which port of which switch...etc. I will be doing all of this with freely available, open source code that you could download and install right now...if you were in a position to do so.
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Current thread:
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!!, (continued)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! Kurt Reimer (Feb 21)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Andrew Aris (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! tandernam (Feb 22)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! Chris Barber (Feb 24)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Makousky, Steve C (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! robjohn (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! Y0 (Feb 21)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Michael J. Benedetto (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! Brian Loe (Feb 21)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Mitch Pope (Feb 22)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! Brian Loe (Feb 22)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! carowe (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! securityfocus (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! danno (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! tagrrr (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! tagrrr (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! rob . lucchetti (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! someone (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! a_wirtz (Feb 21)
- RE: Down with DHCP!!!! Steven Johnston (Feb 21)
- Re: Down with DHCP!!!! jalvare7 (Feb 21)
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