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spec: Note the potential for all-zero source MAC addresses
Signed-off-by: Michael Brown <[email protected]>
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to avoid linkage attacks.
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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Note that when the logical broadcast is implemented as a single physical
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broadcast, there is no need for any device to be able to respond to the
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physical broadcast or to be able to determine its origin.
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Under these circumstances, the Broadcast Layer MAY use fixed and non-identifyin
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g values for fields that would normally contain identifying information
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(such as using an all-zero source MAC address).
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\end_layout
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\begin_layout Standard
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An Observer MAY record additional relevant information provided by the Broadcast
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Layer at the time of receiving the Contact Identifier, such as received

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