[EFM] RE: [802.1] about Encyption of MAC address
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Howard
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 13:33:48 -0800 (PST)
From: Sukanta ganguly <sganguly@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [EFM] RE: [802.1] about Encyption of MAC address
To: Geoff Thompson <gthompso@nortelnetworks.com>,
Keith Knightson <kgk@rogers.com>
Cc: pat_thaler@agilent.com, antti.pietilainen@nokia.com, stds-802-1@ieee.org,
stds-802-3-efm@ieee.org
What would be the benefit of encrypting the MAC
address? Just worried about other nodes to sniff the
MAC address ?
SG
--- Geoff Thompson <gthompso@nortelnetworks.com>
wrote:
> Keith-
>
>
> At 12:15 PM 2/24/2004 -0500, Keith Knightson wrote:
>
> >Dear All,
> >
> >It is my understanding, maybe quite wrong, that the
> DOCSIS standards place
> >the security layer below the MAC layer. This
> means, I assume that MAC
> >addresses are encryted, along with everything else.
> >
> >Is not a similar solution possible/desirable for
> EPON, given that the
> >topology is similar?
>
> No. Not if the project is to remain within 802.3
> If you would like to move PON to a new Working Group
> I will be happy to
> support that.
>
>
> >Best Regards
> >
> >Keith
>
> Geoff
>
>