On a setup with three XOs connected via ethernet (they are all
seeing each other), entered 'olpc-xos -mac'. Saw the following:
| bash-3.2# olpc-xos -mac
| 87916...@linux laptop3
| 04d57...@linux laptop2
| 00:17:C4:10:DC:04 laptop1
| bash-3.2#
My interpretation of this is that what was shown for XOs 'laptop3' /
'laptop2' (running Joyride 2608) was a software identifier they had
broadcast -- whereas what was shown for XO 'laptop1' (running 8.2)
was a hardware identifier it had broadcast.
It's good that these heterogeneous-software-version XOs were able to
see each other's "presence". But being shown two different kinds of
information in the output illustrated a potential exposure --
What if the systems at a given site do *not* all contain the
same software version (e.g., from 2008 vs 2009). Will all those
systems be able to correctly collaborate among themselves ?
If not, do deployments need to be cautioned ?
mikus
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