Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [Bulk] [gentoo-user] Re: Udev update and persistent net rules changes
Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:15:23
Message-Id: 20130401141217.333b5db0@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [Bulk] [gentoo-user] Re: Udev update and persistent net rules changes by Pandu Poluan
1 On Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:57:42 +0700, Pandu Poluan wrote:
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3 > I still don't understand what's so bad with MAC-based identification? I
4 > mean, uniqueness defined through MAC Address identity, the system name
5 > is just a label...
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7 MAC addresses are not human-friendly. It would be OK if you could set up
8 aliases, so your firewall rules could use enaabbccddeeff while you could
9 still type eth0.
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13 Neil Bothwick
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15 Don't just read the Tagline; read the MESSAGE!

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Re: [Bulk] [gentoo-user] Re: Udev update and persistent net rules changes Michael Mol <mikemol@×××××.com>
Re: [Bulk] [gentoo-user] Re: Udev update and persistent net rules changes Kevin Chadwick <ma1l1ists@××××××××.uk>