Labs: Scapy/GetMulticastMAC()
Scapy: GetMulticastMAC()
License: GPL
Download (trac.secdev.org/scapy)
Tags: scapy, MAC, multicast, addon
This function provides a MAC address from the multicast MAC created by IANA. With a total of 66 111 possible MACs, the MAC can be random if the parameter is omitted or is zero. Also, you can obtain a MAC by index within the range 1-66111.For use in fuzzing probes.Develop in scapy-2.1.0. More
http://trac.secdev.org/scapy/attachment/ticket/352/volatile.patch
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