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From: goodloe@b11.ingr.com (Tony Goodloe)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.nfs,comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: MAC II NFS
Summary: how does unix do it?
Keywords: NFS, Mac II, authentication
Message-ID: <5526@b11.ingr.com>
Date: 24 Jul 89 14:43:51 GMT
References: <5476@b11.ingr.com> <1276@intercon.UUCP> <1164@sequent.cs.qmc.ac.uk> <13105@netnews.upenn.edu>
Organization: Intergraph Corp. Huntsville, AL
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In article <13105@netnews.upenn.edu>, jeff@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Jeffrey M White) writes:
> To a unix person, the ability for
> a user to be able to change his machine's IP address at virtually any time
> seems absurd.  
> 						Jeff White

Help out a poor hardware-oriented person. I thought that since the IP
address was a "soft" incarnation, that on any IP system, anyone (with
proper priveleges) (is that the key to your objection ?) could change the
address. Let me know if I'm missing something. Seems like I always am.

tony goodloe