host-identifier with IPv6

[David W. Hankins]

On Wed, Mar 04, 2009 at 11:15:31AM +0000, Niall O'Reilly wrote:
> 	We can register MAC addresses before applying power to the
> 	machine and installing enough of an operating system to read
> 	the interface firmware.  With a well-behaved supplier, we
> 	can even read the MAC address from a bar-coded label on the
> 	carton before opening it.

My favorite vendors cut a little window in the cardobard so you
could read the MAC off a sticker on the hardware (along with serial
number for asset tracking).  More than a few times I'd seen one
machine get repackaged in another's cardboard box and the sticker
label is wrong or damaged...

-- 
David W. Hankins	"If you don't do it right the first time,
Software Engineer		     you'll just have to do it again."
Internet Systems Consortium, Inc.		-- Jack T. Hankins
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