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Re: Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6


From: Jim Gettys <jg () freedesktop org>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 08:58:34 -0500

On 02/28/2011 08:44 AM, Dobbins, Roland wrote:

On Feb 28, 2011, at 8:40 PM, Jim Gettys wrote:

Again, having a permanently known identifier being broadcast all the time is a potentially a serious security/safety 
issue.


We already have this with MAC addresses, unless folks bother to periodically change them, do we not?


And we certainly discussed randomising MAC addresses, for exactly the reasons stated.
                        - Jim




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