Re: [cobalt-users] [Qube3] Adaptive Firewall license problems

[Lyle Scheer <lyle.scheer@xxxxxxx>]

Parker Morse wrote:

> I was convinced to give Sun's Adaptive Firewall a try, despite the warning
> flags it pops up whenever I try the UI on my Mac. It seems to limp along
> well enough so far, but I've run into a different problem. Sun's online
> licensing system is tied to the MAC address of eth0, assuming that is your
> port to the world. Our Qube, for reasons only my predecessors know, has our
> LAN on eth0, and the internet on eth1.
>
> So the Qube tries to license the MAC address that's looking at the LAN, but
> can't, evidently because that's not the address contacting Sun. Hence no
> license, hence no firewall.
>
> Anyone know a way around this that doesn't involve taking down my network?

It does not contact Sun.  It just looks at the MAC address of eth0 to verify
it is on the right piece of hardware.  You should have generated a key based
on the eth0 MAC address.  It doesn't matter at all which network is connected
to wherever....

- Lyle