Re: generating a Linux WWN?

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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Luben Tuikov wrote:
>> Do you mean:
>>   "The admin will have the option to SPECIFY(SET) a WWN, should they
>> so    desire."
>> OR do you mean:
>>   "The admin will have the option to HAVE THE KERNEL auto-generate a WWN,
>>    should they so desire."
> 
> Both.  It is up to admin policy to decide if they wish to use the
> available board's WWN (if present/valid), manually apportion WWNs, or
> whether the kernel's generation algo is fine with them.

Could the reassignment of a board's WWN present any security issues?
A board which is allowed to access only some targets is now allowed to
access others.  I would assume that most sites that care about security
would have other measures in place to guard against this, but it's still
worth pondering.

Mike

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