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sliverstorm on July 25, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why couldn't MAC addresses be used instead of IPv4...

48 bits was intended to be globally unique

And it well could be, but guaranteeing uniqueness is rarely as easy of a problem as you might wish.

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