"Sam" == Sam Johnston <samj@samj.net> writes: Sam> Randy,
Sam> You may well be right, but this should be a concern for Sam> implementors rather than users - if I remember well there are Sam> virtualisation systems (UML?) that rely on PPP style links and Sam> therefore lack MAC addresses. The key point is that as a user I No, not UML. User-Mode-Linux certainly lets you create and user PPP links, but it has three different kinds of ethernet attachments, all of which permit the "hypervisor" to specify the mac address for each interface. Sam> I've done some work around having machines generate a public Sam> key pair during birth and then encrypting config info to them, Sam> but this is something that can be strapped on later in high Sam> security environments if it's deemed necessary - and in any Sam> case the machine being able to write its key pair into OCCI Sam> would be advantageous (and transparent with what is proposed). Yes, it would be very nice to be have support for being able to do this. -- ] Y'avait une poule de jammé dans l'muffler!!!!!!!!! | firewalls [ ] Michael Richardson, Sandelman Software Works, Ottawa, ON |net architect[ ] mcr@sandelman.ottawa.on.ca http://www.sandelman.ottawa.on.ca/ |device driver[ ] panic("Just another Debian GNU/Linux using, kernel hacking, security guy"); [