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The joke being, of course, that 00:20:91 is the OUI (3-byte MAC address prefix) assigned to the NSA.
by trothamel 10y ago
The joke being, of course, that 00:20:91 is the OUI (3-byte MAC address prefix) assigned to the NSA.
- int0x80 10y agoNSA has a MAC address prefix??
- Sanddancer 10y agoThe NSA is one of the largest hardware purchasers and designers on the planet, and has a ton of custom hardware, etc. It only makes sense or them to have their own oid.
- jhayward 10y agoThey used to be. I dunno if they are in the age of Google, Facebook, and Amazon datacenters. It seems like I recall in the past that NSA would rather do business under some Department of Agriculture pseudonym, or as some dummy corporation. I remember talking to one of the engineers from DEC who worked on the original ethernet spec. He said they had a visit from some very smart guys carrying dept. of Agriculture business cards, to talk about what the spec would look like.
- Keyframe 10y agoI don't know. Bumblehive seems rather big and modern compared to the usual suspect's datacenters: https://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/ https://nsa.gov1.info/utah-data-center/ You can find numerous articles about that particular one around. One can only wonder what kind of technological wonders are in there. That's the public one too. Now, imagine the rest.
- gtirloni 10y agohttp://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui.txt http://standards-oui.ieee.org/oui.txt 00-20-91 (hex) J125, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 002091 (base 16) J125, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY 9800 SAVAGE ROAD FT. MEADE MD 20755-6000 US
- imdsm 10y ago> An OUI {Organizationally Unique Identifier} is a 24-bit number that uniquely identifes a vendor or manufacturer. They are purchased and assigned by the IEEE. The OUI is basically the first three octets of a MAC address. Makes sense I guess.
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