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Removing stale network service entries

When you plug a USB-to-Ethernet adaptor into your computer for the first time, a new service entry appears in the Network Preferences Panel. I have a potential client who moves laptops between stations with USB-to-Ethernet adaptors. As laptops move from station to station, they accumulate a lot of stale service entries in the Network Preferences Panel (for each USB adaptor they've seen). I'm looking for ways to remove these service entries shortly after a USB-to- Ethernet adaptor is unplugged.

I'm familiar with accessing the System Configuration Framework and helped develop an Open Source driver for USB-to-Ethernet adaptors, so I am able to tweak the driver if that would help.

I can imagine a small faceless application that listens for device notifications and walks the network service order looking for inactive service entries that meet some criteria and removes them, but that seems a little awkward. Is there a more direct way to limit the persistence of such entries before they pile up?

Thanks for any ideas.

- Peter Sichel
  Sustainable Softworks
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