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RE: MAC level authentication or filtering
From: "Roy Sgan-Cohen" <Roys () xor-t com>
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2004 18:34:54 +0200
There still is a management problem of simply managing all these MAC filtering on all the switches in the organization (in case that this is a big organization, of course). -----Original Message----- From: Kurt [mailto:kurtbuff () spro net] Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 1:37 AM To: dnardoni () firstresponseconsulting com; security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Depending on your switches, you could use MAC address filtering there, by specifiying that only certain addresses can use each port. | -----Original Message----- | From: David Nardoni [mailto:dnardoni () firstresponseconsulting com] | Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 09:54 | To: security-basics () securityfocus com | Subject: MAC level authentication or filtering | | | I need a solution that will allow me to prevent a user from coming in | to my office and plugging in a laptop and gaining access to the | network. | | I have users that are currently using thin clients to connect to the | main server to do all their processing. If a legitimate user turns | bad and decides to bring in a system (laptop) from home and connect it | to the network and proceed to use their proper username and password | to gather information from terminal services, I want to be able to | recognize that they have plugged in an unauthorized system and keep | them from gaining access to the network. | | I welcome all ideas no matter what vendor solution or no matter how | simple or complex. If you need more info on the situation let me | know. | | | Dave Nardoni CISSP | First Response Consulting Services, Inc. | dnardoni () firstresponseconsulting com | |
Current thread:
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering, (continued)
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Kurt (Oct 08)
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Jay Archibald (Oct 08)
- Re: MAC level authentication or filtering GuidoZ (Oct 08)
- Re: MAC level authentication or filtering Josh Mills (Oct 08)
- Re: MAC level authentication or filtering Jerry Eblin (Oct 08)
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Paris E. Stone (Oct 08)
- Fw: MAC level authentication or filtering GUs (Oct 08)
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Roy Sgan-Cohen (Oct 08)
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Mike (Oct 08)
- FW: MAC level authentication or filtering David Nardoni (Oct 08)
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Roy Sgan-Cohen (Oct 08)
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Jay Archibald (Oct 12)
- RE: MAC level authentication or filtering Kurt (Oct 08)