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Re: Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6


From: "Dobbins, Roland" <rdobbins () arbor net>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:49:07 +0000


On Feb 28, 2011, at 7:35 PM, Tony Finch wrote:

It ought to be possible to look at SMB or mDNS messages to get more information about what the host claims to be...


We can't trust those, they're easily manipulated and/or situationally-irrelevant.  

Or not present at all, if the endpoint customer is security-conscious.

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