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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!olymp!boss1!juengst From: juengst@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de (Henry G. Juengst) Subject: /etc/ethers ? Message-ID: <1992Aug18.143014.25083@olymp.informatik.uni-bonn.de> Keywords: /etc/ethers Sender: juengst@boss1 (Henry G. Juengst) Organization: Universit"at Bonn, Informatikinstitut, R"omerstr 154, W-5300 Bonn 1 Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1992 14:30:14 GMT Lines: 15 Does BSD use /etc/ethers ? Other OSs use it to make sure that no machine does contact with an illegal IP address (if IP address and ethernet address are not the same found in /etc/ethers). Ok, ethernet addresses can be modified, but it's not so easy if you haven't got the software to do it. Henry -- juengst@boss1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.221.30] juengst@saph2.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.221.12] juengst@pib1.physik.uni-bonn.de [131.220.221.2] (strange particle) I'm only speaking for myself, but not for anybody else !