Lytx — 4 prefixes (MA-L)
Summary
- // what this is
- Lytx is registered to MAC prefix
2C:42:05and 3 more in the IEEE OUI database. When a device's MAC address begins with2C:42:05, that block was registered by Lytx — the OUI identifies the maker of the network hardware, which is not always the brand on the device. - // analyst note
- Lytx OUI blocks identify genuine Lytx fleet-safety hardware; market-share and security-posture claims are third-party/self-reported and not independently verified.
About this vendor.
Lytx, Inc. is a video telematics and fleet-safety technology company headquartered at 9785 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA 92121, originally founded in 1998 as DriveCam, Inc. The IEEE MA-L registry carries four distinct OUI blocks under the identical registrant name and address — 2C:42:05, 50:DF:95, 58:A7:48, and 70:E4:6E — which is itself meaningful signal: a company minting four separate hardware-address allocations over time, rather than a single opportunistic registration, points to an actively shipping, multi-generation product line rather than a shell registrant. That reading is corroborated independently: the registry address matches Lytx's real-world corporate HQ per third-party business listings, and Lytx's own site and Wikipedia describe a substantial, decades-old commercial operation selling network-connected in-vehicle hardware — the DriveCam event recorder and Surfsight-branded dash cameras, which pair front/rear video capture with GPS fleet tracking and machine-vision risk detection (distracted driving, following distance, seatbelt compliance) for commercial and public-sector vehicle fleets. Frost & Sullivan has reported Lytx holding a majority share of the video telematics market, though that figure is a third-party research claim not independently verified here. No publicly disclosed CVEs or security incidents specific to Lytx hardware surfaced in this pass; Lytx maintains a formal vulnerability-disclosure channel and markets SOC2/ISO 27001 certification, both self-reported claims.
- IEEE assignments
- 4 prefixes (2C:42:05, 50:DF:95, 58:A7:48, 70:E4:6E) → "Lytx", registered 9785 Towne Centre Drive, San Diego, CA, US, 92121 [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (lines 2135, 15203, 24815, 26929), cross-checked against the Wireshark manufacturer database
- Registry / block class
- MA-L (24-bit OUI) for all four blocks; no MA-M (the IEEE MA-M registry) or MA-S (the IEEE MA-S registry) entries found for Lytx [Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry, the IEEE MA-M registry, the IEEE MA-S registry
- Date registered
- not recorded. IEEE's public OUI data (Registry, Assignment, Organization Name, Organization Address) does not publish assignment/registration dates; any third-party "date registered" figure is a database artifact, not an IEEE fact.[Confirmed] — the IEEE MA-L registry (column set); IEEE non-attribution policy
- Company identity / substance
- Lytx, Inc., founded 1998 (originally DriveCam, Inc.), video telematics / fleet-safety technology company; four independent MA-L blocks at one consistently-cited HQ address indicate an actively operating multi-generation hardware manufacturer, not a shell registrant[Confirmed] — https://www.lytx.com/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lytx, https://www.headquarters-location.com/lytx/
- Device types / usage context
- DriveCam event recorder (front/rear dash cameras, GPS fleet tracking, AI-based risk detection) and Surfsight-branded dash cam line, both network-connected in-vehicle hardware for commercial/public-sector fleets[Likely] — https://www.lytx.com/drivecam-event-recorder, https://www.lytx.com/about-us/our-technology
- Market position
- reported majority share of the video telematics market per Frost & Sullivan — third-party market-research claim, not independently verified [Likely] — Lytx marketing citation of Frost & Sullivan research (secondary source, not independently confirmed)
- Security context
- no publicly disclosed CVEs or incidents specific to Lytx DriveCam/Surfsight hardware found in this pass; Lytx publishes a vulnerability-disclosure policy and markets SOC2/ISO 27001 certification (self-reported) [Likely] — https://www.lytx.com/en-gb/legal/security-vulnerability-disclosure-policy, https://www.lytx.com/about-us/privacy-and-security
- IANA reference
- not applicable — no IANA RFC reference exists for this OUI entry; left blank rather than fabricated [Confirmed] — n/a
- Related vendors
- none identified as separate OUI registrants (Surfsight is a Lytx product line, not confirmed as a distinct registrant) [Unknown] — no citation found