[comp.protocols.tcp-ip] Stolen systems registry

NELSON@MSU.BITNET (Doug Nelson) (01/03/90)

I received the following message from one of our departmental systems
administrators:

>At 11:30 ayem on Christmas day, a complete HP 9000/340 system was taken
>from 119 EB. The ethernet address is ...
>
>P.S. Do you know if there is a national registry for stolen ethernet
>addresses?  Do you think this would be worth doing?

While I do have some monitoring software that could be used to track
stolen systems locally, it is only useful if the system is reattached
to our own network.  Has anyone tried to set up a cooperative venture
between multiple sites?  Is there someone who has such a list, or would
be willing to maintain one?

Doug Nelson
Manager of Network Software
Michigan State University