SCHEMA: Inclusion of MAC Addresses to Sentinel schema

All: we are beginning a comprehensive schema review and will be posting
some of our questions here for discussion. Feel free to contribute your
ideas and comments.
Question 1: The Sentinel Event Schema does not currently have a field
or fields to contain the MAC (Media Access Control) address of standard
network interfaces; these values are commonly reported for certain types
of routing events and DHCP address assignment events.
Do you think we should include MAC addresses in our base schema, and if
so, which ones?
- InitiatorMAC (the host that caused an activity to occur)
- TargetMAC (the host that was the target of some activity)
- ObserverMAC (the host that detected and reported the activity)
DCorlette
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There are some devices like Cisco Aironets, which are reporting only MAC
address of device, so it will be good to have MAC addres in base
schema.
Regards,
Piotr
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This is not about consolidating Apple ID's... I think.
When I got my first .mac address, I thought I picked a good one at the time. Later on, due to the peculiar spelling, I opted for an additonal (paid) address which I use every day. Now the first one (which is an Apple ID) contains my calendars, contacts, etc. I never use the email portion of it, again because of challenging spelling. The second .mac address (also an Apple ID) is an email only account. This is the email account I use daily.
When I make the transition to iCloud, I intend to keep my original AppleID (from the pre-.mac days) as my iTunes store ID.
My question is, what happens with my two other accounts?
.mac #1 with the contacts and such would move to iCloud and sync everything there as it currently does with MobileMe. Since .mac #2 is an email only account, would I even need to bother moving it to iCloud (if that's even possible), or would I just keep using that as email only using the current mail settings on my iThingys and Mac? Does anyone know if .mac #2 will live on after MobileMe vanishes, or will I loose my daily and coveted .mac email at that time?
I'm sure Apple has a good reason for not allowing us to just consolidate everything in one place, but I know there are many out there with a similar situation to mine.
I've spent a good deal of time tonight searching the various threads and can't seem to find an answer to the two .mac email dilemma. My appologies if it's already been discussed.
To sum up, I have one Apple ID that I use for iTunes and intend to keep as such. I have two .mac addresses which are also Apple ID's; one that syncs with MobileMe and one that is email only. I would like to use iCloud to sync what is currently on MobileMe, AND continue to use the simpler email address that I've been using for years.
Am I screwed??
Thanks in advance for your help, and Happy Holidays to all!!

Migrate the account which contains your calendars, contacts etc. first, at http://me.com/move and set it up on your Mac and devices.
http://www.apple.com/icloud/setup/mac.html
Now migrate the email-only account in the same way. On a Mac you can add it in System Preferences>Mail, Contacts & Calendars - it won't sync anything but will be added to the accounts in Mail where you can then use the email in the normal way.
I don't know what the equivalent process on an iOS device is; very likely you need to add it as an account in the Mail app.

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Hi gang.
I'm trying to search for a workstation object by mac address or by IP
address. So far, I'm not able to find the correct attributes to do so.
Can anybody point me in the right direction to find a workstation by either
IP or mac?
thanks!
John

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> Hi gang.
>
> I'm trying to search for a workstation object by mac address or by IP
> address. So far, I'm not able to find the correct attributes to do so.
>
> Can anybody point me in the right direction to find a workstation by either
> IP or mac?
In ConsoleOne find, advanced, look for ZEN:INV IP Address attribute
-sk

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Tdalso wrote:
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I have a specific need to change my son's Airport MAC address as his school requires the use of USB network cards that aren't compatible with MACs. These cards are needed because the school's router uses MAC address filtering.
Before we upgraded his Mac to Snow Leopard, we were able to change the MAC address to the MAC address of the useless dongal the school supplied. We basically created an AppleScript program that ran the "sudo ifconfig en1 ether xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx" and all was good.
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Also: "It's hardly a security issue by being able to change your mac address."
While it may not be a security issue for your machine, it is a security for the school network who is using mac address filtering as hopefully only one part of their wireless security.
That being said, have you read this?
http://osxdaily.com/2008/01/17/how-to-spoof-your-mac-address-in-mac-os-x/

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Hotel networks require authentication via webpage, there is no browser on Apple TV so it won't be possible to connect this way. The only way will be to give the mac address, it would be for connecting to the Apple TV. No info will be accessed.

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thanks.. bob

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I'd feel real bad if I set up a list, didn't include the base station's MAC address and then could never get in to the network again because I, in effect, locked myself out???
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