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Re: One more try !

Subject: Re: One more try !
From: Jim Noble <yahoo-groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 15:34:37 +0100
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Martin Howell wrote:
> Couldn't you set up the access point to only respond to
> pre-defined MAC addresses, or is that not secure enough?
> Hope it is,cos thats what I'm doing!
>

Some wireless hardware (wired too) allows you to specify the MAC address
in software, which makes circumventing MAC address filtering as simple
as watching a wireless network until a valid MAC address is used, and
then just waiting for the machine to go "off air"...

Jim

References:
- RE: One more try !
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- RE: One more try !
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  - From: Marc R. Fuller
- Re: One more try !
  - From: Tim Hawes
- Re: One more try !
  - From: Marc R. Fuller
- Re: One more try !
  - From: Martin Howell

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