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Re: Mac OS X 10.7, still no DHCPv6


From: Tony Finch <dot () dotat at>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2011 12:35:23 +0000

On Sun, 27 Feb 2011, Owen DeLong wrote:

But the ND messages don't tell you anything other than the Mac
address about which host it actually is. In theory, at least, snooping
the DHCP messages might include a hostname or some other
useful identifier.

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

Tony.
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