Friday, June 02, 2017

Re: Can I bind USB/other interface/device number (e.g. cdceX) to particular MAC, USB serial number or the like?

On 06/01/17 20:50, Tinker wrote:
> On 2017-06-02 00:45, Joe Gidi wrote:
>> Good news! You can have this already.
>
> Yay!
>
>> Go run Linux.
>
> Em -
>
> Nay!
>
> No yay. Hope to see a solid solution to this problem on a non-crappy OS
> soon.
>

Linux's (and Windows and Solaris and ...) attempts to "fix" this problem
is one of the reasons I'd consider Linux (and Windows and ...) crappy.
A complicated solution that creates far more problems than it ever
solves, and usually at the worst times possible (i.e., disaster
recovery, where you are trying to rebuild a failed system).

The tools to deal with this are already in OpenBSD as I and Peter
indicated. We don't need an "automatic" solution that penalizes
everyone for an edge-case problem (and yes, I'd consider this an edge
case. I can't imagine a serious, industrial firewall with USB interfaces).

Nick.

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