How to get the client's MAC address in Vibe

[Alexander Zhirov]

On Thursday, 8 February 2024 at 01:05:57 UTC, Mengu wrote:
> On Wednesday, 7 February 2024 at 22:16:54 UTC, Alexander Zhirov 
> wrote:
>> Is there a way to identify a client by MAC address when using 
>> the Vibe library?
>> The `NetworkAddress` 
>> [structure](https://vibed.org/api/vibe.core.net/NetworkAddress) does not provide such features. Or did I miss something?
>
> That doesn't have anything to do with the server side if I am 
> not mistaken as you should receive that via the browser that 
> actually allows you to receive the mac address -via an 
> extension- or some private API exposed by the browser.
>
> I don't know the use case but you may be better off with 
> browser fingerprinting if you'd like to have a unique way of 
> identifying the visitors. Or, if it's a local network, maybe 
> you can use tcpdump/libpcap.

It is at the packet level to monitor the address. Not at all what 
I would like. Thanks for the tip:)