NAME¶
massagevendor - convert the ethernet vendor codes master list to arpwatch format
SYNOPSIS¶
massagevendor
vendorfile
DESCRIPTION¶
massagevendor is a program that converts a text file containing ethernet
vendor codes into a format suitable for use by
arpwatch(8) and
arpsnmp(8). The input
vendorfile is a master text file
containing vendor codes. The output is sent to
stdout. Each line of the
vendorfile is expected to have a six digit hexadecimal vendor code
followed by spaces followed by the name of the manufacturer.
All ethernet devices have a unique identifier which includes a vendor code
specifying the manufacturer of the device. In normal operation
arpwatch(8) and
arpsnmp(8) use the file
ethercodes.dat to
report this vendor code.
massagevendor is used to generate the
ethercodes.dat file from text files containing these vendor codes.
Locations where an ethernet vendor codes master text file can be obtained are
given below.
FILES¶
/usr/share/arpwatch - default location of the ethernet vendor list
ethercodes.dat - file containing the list of ethernet vendor codes
SEE ALSO¶
arpwatch(8), arpsnmp(8)
NOTES¶
Sources for ethernet vendor codes seen in the wild are
Useful for comparison or completeness are the
ethernet vendor codes as assigned
by the IEEE which can be found at
BUGS¶
Please send bug reports to arpwatch@ee.lbl.gov.
AUTHORS¶
Craig Leres of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Network Research Group,
University of California, Berkeley, CA.
The current version is available via anonymous ftp:
This manual page was contributed by Hugo Graumann.