netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next] sysfs: add entry to indicate network interfaces with random MAC address

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <20100720.131839.134093789.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:	Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:18:39 -0700 (PDT)
From:	David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:	sassmann@...hat.com
Cc:	abadea@...acom.com, bhutchings@...arflare.com,
	netdev@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	gospo@...hat.com, gregory.v.rose@...el.com,
	alexander.h.duyck@...el.com, leedom@...lsio.com, harald@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next] sysfs: add entry to indicate network
 interfaces with random MAC address

From: Stefan Assmann <sassmann@...hat.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:17:30 +0200

> On 20.07.2010 13:58, Alex Badea wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> On 07/20/2010 02:47 PM, Stefan Assmann wrote:
>>>> What about devices that 'steal' MAC addresses from slave devices?
>> 
>> Might I suggest an attribute such as "address_type", which could report
>> "permanent", "random", "stolen", or something else in the future?
> 
> In case there's demand for such a multi-purpose attribute I see no
> reason to object. More thoughts on this?

I think this is a great idea.

Now it makes sense to use a new 'u8' in struct netdevice or similar to
store this, since we'll have more than a boolean here.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html