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From: SOL@SRI-NIC.ARPA (Sol Lederman)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip
Subject: Re: Ethernet Addresses?
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Date: 15 Mar 89 16:16:27 GMT
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John,

The IEEE Standards Office, the folks who sell the Ethernet vendor codes
(leading 24 bits of address) won't distribute any list of codes. What they
are willing to do is if you give them a number they'll tell you if the
number is registered (it's supposed to be in all cases) and they will
contact the manufacturer and only if the manufacturer agrees to be identified
will IEEE let the two of you communicate. Apparently enough manufacturers
value their privacy. 

Some folks on this list have their own lists of numbers they've been able to
identify without IEEE help. Hopefully somebody will email you a copy.

Let me know if you want a contact at IEEE Standards.

Sol
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