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RE: Re[2]: About War Driving ..
From: "Paul Stone" <PStone () wacom com>
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 16:31:27 -0800
Yes, MAC addresses are VERY easy to spoof. If you need to have a wireless network make sure its protected by so form of protection (WEP) and have OUTSIDE of your private network.. The worst would be internet access (bandwidth) My two cents. Paul Stone -----Original Message----- From: listbounce () securityfocus com [mailto:listbounce () securityfocus com] On Behalf Of Roman Shirokov Sent: Tuesday, December 05, 2006 9:17 AM To: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers Cc: security-basics () securityfocus com Subject: Re[2]: About War Driving .. Hello Ansgar, Saturday, December 2, 2006, 2:28:21 AM, you wrote:
On 2006-11-30 ralain () residentiel ca wrote:block his MAC address? Allow only your MAC address?
Pointless, because the MAC address can be easily sniffed as well as spoofed.
Regards Ansgar Wiechers
Easily sniffed - yes, easily spoofed - hm... I doubt. (also not impossible for experienced cracker) -- Best regards, Roman Shirokov e-mail:insecure () yandex ru http://securitybox.org.ru ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- This list is sponsored by: ByteCrusher Detect Malicious Web Content and Exploits in Real-Time. Anti-Virus engines can't detect unknown or new threats. LinkScanner can. Web surfing just became a whole lot safer. http://www.explabs.com/staging/promotions/xern_lspro.asp?loc=sfmaildetec t ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- This list is sponsored by: ByteCrusher Detect Malicious Web Content and Exploits in Real-Time. Anti-Virus engines can't detect unknown or new threats. LinkScanner can. Web surfing just became a whole lot safer. http://www.explabs.com/staging/promotions/xern_lspro.asp?loc=sfmaildetect ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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- Re: About War Driving .. Roman Shirokov (Dec 01)
- Re: About War Driving .. Francois Yang (Dec 04)
- Re: Re: About War Driving .. s (Dec 04)
- Re: RE: About War Driving .. nratkevicius (Dec 04)
- Re: RE: About War Driving .. Francois Yang (Dec 06)
- RE: About War Driving .. David Gillett (Dec 06)
- Re: About War Driving .. Paul daSilva (Dec 04)
- Re: Re: About War Driving .. giles (Dec 04)
- RE: About War Driving .. Dan Bogda (Dec 04)
- Re: Re: About War Driving .. anone (Dec 04)
- RE: Re[2]: About War Driving .. Paul Stone (Dec 07)
- RE: Re[2]: About War Driving .. David Gillett (Dec 08)
- RE: Re[2]: About War Driving .. Murda Mcloud (Dec 08)
- Re: About War Driving .. krymson (Dec 08)
- Re: About War Driving .. Eric Furman (Dec 12)
- Re: About War Driving .. Francois Yang (Dec 12)
- RE: About War Driving .. David Gillett (Dec 12)
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- Re: About War Driving .. Layne FInk (Dec 13)
- Re: About War Driving .. Eric Furman (Dec 12)
- Re: About War Driving .. Roman Shirokov (Dec 01)
- Re: About War Driving .. Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (Dec 14)