[CentOS] Finding DHCP IP of guest system

[Jay Leafey]

JohnS wrote:
> 
>>> && Why you scrub the MACS?
>> Sheer paranoia and long-standing habit.
> 
> Elaborate, you that paranoid?  Over paranoid gets you faster than
> scrubing MACs.  I would worry about, does my router have holes in it?
> Plus let your MAC fly on the wireless network.  I let my neighbor
> connect to mine, they can't afford the internet.  One caveat, all they
> have is net access.
> 

Back in the mists of time, when I was working with VAXen and DECnet 
Phase IV, the general practice in our shop was to be careful about 
making MAC addresses generally known.  Seems a quaint habit considering 
the network today, but old habits are sometimes hard to break... and 
they are not always a bad thing!

As far as the security of my home network goes, I get a giggle every 
time I scan for wireless networks at home.  Mine is the ONLY network 
that I can reach that is encrypted.

As far as paranoia goes, one of my mentors once told me that a mild 
degree was a useful attribute for a system administrator.  It tends to 
make one spend more time thinking about what CAN go wrong, which is 
great if you actually put the results into practice.
-- 
Jay Leafey - jay.leafey at mindless.com
Memphis, TN
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