Michael Valentine Jones (1/15/2008)
Joseph Hicks (1/15/2008)
You should be aware that the MAC address can be changed dynamically, so a restriction based on MAC address is not foolproof.
The old DECnet protocol depended on the ability of a system to assign the MAC address to a specific address.
And every NIC that I have had in recent years has the ability - it's called the Locally Administered Address (from the old Token ring days...)
for what it's worth - the MAC or LAA also gets picked up in NewSequentialID() which inidentally might be the easiest way to pick up what MAC address "did the deed". The last 12 digits are the Hex representation of whatever MAC (real or spoofed) the machine is advertising at the time.
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Your lack of planning does not constitute an emergency on my part...unless you're my manager...or a director and above...or a really loud-spoken end-user..All right - what was my emergency again?