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    • jimpJ
      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
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      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
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            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!

                    peace…

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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
                          last edited by

                          @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
                            last edited by

                            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.  :)  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
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                                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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                                    Eugene
                                    last edited by

                                    @jimp:

                                    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.

                                    Sorry, I do not get you… it's in your git since November 26th.

                                    http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                                    • jimpJ
                                      jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                      last edited by

                                      Ah, I see it there now. I didn't know it was there.

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                                        Eugene
                                        last edited by

                                        @jimp:

                                        Ah, I see it there now. I didn't know it was there.

                                        I'll update it a bit as there were some changes (bounty starter requested) and then re-request merge.
                                        When you have time please revise.
                                        Thanks.

                                        http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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                                        • jimpJ
                                          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
                                          last edited by

                                          I don't see (and can't do) the merge requests… I don't have that kind of access. I do have commit access on the packages repo though, of course, so I can just pull it over manually.

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                                            Eugene
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                                            I'll update my code in git to the latest and request the merge within an hour.
                                            Thanks.

                                            http://ru.doc.pfsense.org

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