[PEPr] Comment on Networking::Net_CheckMAC

Stefan Neufeind (http://pear.php.net/user/neufeind) has commented on the proposal for Networking::Net_CheckMAC. Comment: I agree with Arnaud that a pure check-function might be good to have in Validate. However I don't see how a format-function could fit there. Maybe a more general package Net_MAC might make sense that provides several things? What I could imagine (though sure still more exists) would be: - checking of mac in common formats (true/false) - formating of mac in any format to another (01-23-45-67-89-ab, 01:23:45:67:89:ab, 0123.4567.89ab) - though I'm still unsure how to call/classify these formatings - maybe something like isGlobalUnique(), isUnicast() etc.? (see Wikipedia-URL) - converting from MAC-48 to EUI-64 and back - getManufacturer() might be useful to get the manuf.-name - but e.g. the list from Wireshark is about 530kb large :-( maybe allow pointing that function to a separately downloadable datafile? Note that we're maybe talking about Ethernet MAC-addresses so far (MAC-48 or EUI-48) - but also EUI-64 exists (e.g. for Firewire or in IPv6-addresses). see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MAC_address http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/manuf Proposal information: http://pear.php.net/pepr/pepr-proposal-show.php?id=454 -- Sent by PEPr, the automatic proposal system at http://pear.php.net