[Leaplist] Brighthouse cable hook up

[Bob Foxworth]

> > "Ifconfig" gives you back a valid ip for eth0 ?
>
> Yes, it brings back, (relayed to me tonight, via telephone from
Dianna:

> >
> > eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
> >           inet addr:169.254.119.15  Bcast:169.254.0.0
Mask:255.255.0.0
>
> Rest is unknown... Will be seeing it tomorrow evening...


I don't quite understand the need to here obscure the MAC address,
especially the first three bytes, nothing more than the vendor
code. What is the vuln in showing a MAC that should not be
visible beyond the gateway?

- Bob