[Bug 1760404] [NEW] ieee-data no longer updates OUI data

[Martin Pels]

Public bug reported:

Hello,

As mentioned in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=826104#10 the monthly cronjob to fetch new OUI
data from standards.ieee.org was removed. While this resolves the denial
of service attack on the IEEE website, the solution of no longer
updating the files means over time they become outdated (unless the
package is re-installed or /usr/bin/update-ieee-data is run manually).

This could be solved by placing the ieee-data cronjob in /etc/cron.d
with a random day and time of the month, or by pushing a package update
whenever the IEEE website contains new data.

Kind regards,
Martin

** Affects: ieee-data (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  ieee-data no longer updates OUI data

Status in ieee-data package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Hello,

  As mentioned in https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-
  bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=826104#10 the monthly cronjob to fetch new OUI
  data from standards.ieee.org was removed. While this resolves the
  denial of service attack on the IEEE website, the solution of no
  longer updating the files means over time they become outdated (unless
  the package is re-installed or /usr/bin/update-ieee-data is run
  manually).

  This could be solved by placing the ieee-data cronjob in /etc/cron.d
  with a random day and time of the month, or by pushing a package
  update whenever the IEEE website contains new data.

  Kind regards,
  Martin

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