Using a MAC address as the Alias

Paul E. Jones paulej at PACKETIZER.COM
Thu Jun 7 14:43:05 EDT 2001


RE: Using a MAC address as the AliasFrancois,

The only advantage would be to tag it explicitly.  Since h323-IDs are not defined in structure, if one really wants to use the MAC address for some concrete reason, we should consider a different alias type.

Paul
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Francois Audet 
  To: 'Paul E. Jones' ; 'ITU-SG16 at MAILBAG.INTEL.COM' 
  Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:17 PM
  Subject: RE: Using a MAC address as the Alias


  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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