Using a MAC address as the Alias

Craig Southeren craigs at EQUIVAL.COM.AU
Fri Jun 8 03:16:04 EDT 2001


Doesn't the recommended encoding of the GUID contain the MAC address?

   Craig

On Fri, 8 Jun 2001 08:48:12 +0200
Frank Derks <frank.derks at PHILIPS.COM> wrote:

> Francois,
>
> obviously that can be done. But there is no way of explicitely knowing that h323-ID contains a MAC address.
> This can only be inferred.
>
> Frank
>
>
>
>
> audet at NORTELNETWORKS.COM@SMTP at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM on 07-06-2001 18:21:36
> Please respond to audet at NORTELNETWORKS.COM@SMTP
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> To:     ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM@SMTP
> cc:
> Subject:        Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
> Classification:
>
>
> Of course, there is nothing that prevents you from putting the mac address
> as a character string in the h323-ID. And it would work with existing
> versions of H.323 (and other vendors).
>
> I don't see much benefits in adding yet another field.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Paul E. Jones [SMTP:paulej at PACKETIZER.COM]
> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 08:21
> > To:   ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM
> > Subject:      Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
> >
> > Frank,
> >
> > At first glance, it seems odd that one would want to report that to the
> > GK.
> > Certainly, it doesn't seem useful to report that though LRQ or other
> > address
> > resolution mechanisms.  However, there are cases where it might be nice if
> > the GK knew the MAC address-- especially since V4 now allows multiple
> > endpoints to have the same alias.  There are obvious benefits to having a
> > unique alias in the list.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <frank.derks at philips.com>
> > To: <paulej at PACKETIZER.COM>
> > Cc: <ITU-SG16 at mailbag.cps.INTEL.COM>
> > Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:00 AM
> > Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
> >
> >
> > > Paul,
> > >
> > > it's good to know that I am not the only person that considers the use
> > of
> > a
> > > MAC address as an "alias" as being useful. It therefore strikes me as
> > being
> > > somewhat odd that this is not included in the massive amount of options
> > that
> > > H.323 already has. Any ideas why this was never included?
> > >
> > > Frank
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > paulej at PACKETIZER.COM@SMTP at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM on 07-06-2001 05:45:35
> > > Please respond to paulej at PACKETIZER.COM@SMTP
> > > Sent by: ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM
> > > To: ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM@SMTP
> > > cc:
> > > Subject: Re: Using a MAC address as the Alias
> > > Classification:
> > >
> > >
> > > Frank,
> > >
> > > Yes, I have, and there are very valid cases for doing this.
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Frank Derks" <frank.derks at PHILIPS.COM>
> > > To: <ITU-SG16 at mailbag.cps.INTEL.COM>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2001 10:05 AM
> > > Subject: Using a MAC address as the Alias
> > >
> > >
> > > > Today, there are many possibilities for a H.323 User/Terminal to
> > register
> > > with a GK. Many of these
> > > > Aliases are an alias for the user. When the MobileUIM structure is
> > used,
> > > it is also possible to specify
> > > > an equipment identifier. Has anybody ever given any thought to the
> > > possibility of specifying the MAC
> > > > address of Terminal as an Alias?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Frank
> > > >
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