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Microsoft and MACs

Subject: Microsoft and MACs
From: Nicholas Petreley <nicholas@petreley.com>
Date: Mon, 08 Mar 1999 14:31:04 -0800
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Re: the Microsoft secret user database: 

Has anyone explored why Microsoft would want to tie user data 
to network MAC addresses?  Why would anyone want a MAC address
except to sniff or spoof network packets?  

-Nick

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