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    $100 for MAC prefix to vendor resolution

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      Eugene
      last edited by

      Anyway it seems topic starter is not interested anymore.

      http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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        Guest
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        So after sending you on that journey, he ended up reneging on the bounty he offered up?

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          Eugene
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          @submicron:

          So after sending you on that journey, he ended up reneging on the bounty he offered up?

          Wellโ€ฆ I haven't heard anything from him/her since his/her last post.
          I'll probably do a package as ermal and Perry suggested as major job is done here -)

          http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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          • jimpJ
            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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            Give them a little while and if you don't get a response in a few days/weeks, we can always issue a bountypig.ย  ;)

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              Eugene
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              I am not sure I know what bountypig is but anyway can we decide on preferable design please? We do not need nmap to be installed for this to work. We need the only one file nmap-mac-prefixes which is a text file with pairs MAC(3 octets) - Vendor name. We can put this file whenever we want and make this stuff independent of nmap package.
              So two variants:

              1. It is in 'mainline' but we permanently store mac-prefixes file somewhere.
              2. A package that replaces pfsense-utils.inc, diag_arp.php, status_dhcp_leases.php, status_interfaces.php and installs mac-prefixes file. We can even leave pfsense-utils.inc untouched if we put function load_mac_manufacturer_table() in all of the rest files.

              What variant would be preferable?
              Thanks.

              http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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              • jimpJ
                jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                last edited by

                What is the license on that nmap file? Is it BSD, MIT, Public Domain, GPL? That may impact if we ship with it or not.

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                  Eugene
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                  @jimp:

                  What is the license on that nmap file? Is it BSD, MIT, Public Domain, GPL? That may impact if we ship with it or not.

                  Sorry, I do not know anything about licenses. At the beginning this file states:

                  Original data comes from http://standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt

                  These values are known as Organizationally Unique Identifiers (OUIs)

                  See http://standards.ieee.org/faqs/OUI.html

                  We have added a few unregistered OUIs at the end.

                  Can we create our own 'file'? - as I said it is a text file and I believe this information (MAC ranges assigned to manufacturers) is publicly available. We do not have to use this file from nmap.

                  http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                  • jimpJ
                    jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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                    If it's an IEEE standard file I think it's OK to use theirs, or make a new one from the raw OUI data. If there is no license stated in the nmap file it may be OK to include theirs regardless.

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                      Eugene
                      last edited by

                      Ok. And finally can we have a final word on what variant is preferable - 1) or 2) please?
                      Thanks.

                      http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                      • jimpJ
                        jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                        last edited by

                        1. is probably out for 2.0, but for 2.1 it may be a possibility. We're trying to get RC1 out so adding features at this point isn't really feasible.

                        2. would be fine as a package, though patches would be better than replacing whole files. I wouldn't bother with an nmap dependency, I'd just include the data file you need.

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                          Eugene
                          last edited by

                          Good. I'll go with 2) then without nmap dependency.
                          Thanks.

                          http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                            Eugene
                            last edited by

                            I've created a package, let me know what you think.
                            Thanks.

                            http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                              infofarmer
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                              Hey guys, sorry, I haven't been getting any e-mails about replies, and too busy to check the forum.

                              Evgeniy, looks like I owe you the bounty. Could you please contact me directly at andrew@di.vc? I'm able to pay immediately.

                              If anyone else thinks I owe him, too, please send in your claims.

                              Happy new year!

                              peaceโ€ฆ

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                                Eugene
                                last edited by

                                Hi infofarmer,
                                have you tested this package?
                                It seems it is not available as was never merged.

                                http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                                  infofarmer
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                                  Nope, I haven't. It would be nice to have it upstream, but I can pay now for the work you've already done, and let you get it upstream whenever you have spare time.

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                                    Eugene
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                                    @infofarmer:

                                    Nope, I haven't. It would be nice to have it upstream, but I can pay now for the work you've already done, and let you get it upstream whenever you have spare time.

                                    I'll e-mail you my own packages repository server where you can install it from.

                                    http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                                      ZPrime
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                                      This is a very cool project / request, Evgeny I am very appreciative for your work and hope it shows up in the main package repository soon.ย  :)ย  The only problem with something like this is that the MAC database can become stale, so it would be nice if you added a mention to one of the pages about the location of the file so a user could manually update it if needed.

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                                        Guest
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                                        Please do not append feature requests to active bounty projects unless you are willing to offer money to the bounty.

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                                          Eugene
                                          last edited by

                                          removed
                                          sorry

                                          http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                                          • jimpJ
                                            jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                            last edited by

                                            Or use the super secret unlinked pkg_mgr_settings.php to put in the alternate package URL, no editing of files required (only works on 2.0)

                                            Serious though if you have it in package form (as a patch file against the package system perhaps, a git diff or diff -rub between a stock package repo and yours) it's easy for us to add it in.

                                            It's when people don't have it in package form ("Here, upload all these files") that it's hard.

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