Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] CaveBear's Ethernet link is dead

From: Chris Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2011 02:08:54 +0000 (UTC)
Ed Beroset <beroset@...> writes:

> Joerg Mayer wrote:
> >>>> http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt
> >
> > If this file has been static for so long, how about integrating its content
> > into our template file?
> 
> That's probably the best idea, and then just have the link as 
> documentation.  In fact, if anybody's interested, I'll do a delta of the 
> IEEE and CaveBear list and only extract the unique bits for exactly that 
> kind of inclusion.

Well, the output of make-manuf displays those added from cavebear (see the 27
entries below) ... but if this list is so old, can these really be relied upon
anymore?

Fetching http://www.cavebear.com/archive/cavebear/Ethernet/Ethernet.txt.
00:48:54 - "Digital SemiConductor                21143/2 based 10/100"
00:4F:49 - "Realtek"
00:4F:4B - "Pine Technology Ltd."
00:55:00 - "Xerox"
02:04:06 - "BBN                          internal usage (not registered)"
02:60:60 - "3Com"
02:A0:C9 - "Intel"
02:E0:3B - "Prominet Corporation         Gigabit Ethernet Switch"
04:88:45 - "Bay Networks                 token ring line card"
08:00:10 - "AT&T [misrepresentation of 800010?]"
10:00:E0 - "Apple A/UX                   (modified addresses for licensing)"
2E:2E:2E - "LAA (Locally Administered Address) for Meditech Systems"
40:00:03 - "Net Ware (?)"
44:46:49 - "DFI (Diamond Flower Industries)"
47:54:43 - "GTC (Not registered!)                (This number is a multicast!)"
48:44:53 - "HDS ???"
48:4C:00 - "Network Solutions"
48:54:E8 - "winbond?"
4C:42:4C - "Information Modes software modified addresses (not registered?)"
52:54:00 - "Realtek (UpTech? also reported)"
52:54:4C - "Novell 2000"
52:54:AB - "REALTEK (a Realtek 8029 based PCI Card)"
56:58:57 - "Aculab plc                   audio bridges"
80:AD:00 - "CNET Technology Inc. (Probably an error, see instead 0080AD)"
C0:00:00 - "Western Digital (may be reversed 00 00 C0?)"
EC:10:00 - "Enance Source Co., Ltd.      PC clones(?)"
E2:0C:0F - "Kingston Technologies"