Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:10 pm
MAC Address=Media Access Control address; the unique physical address of each device's network interface cardOriginally posted by Tommy Boy
MAC does not mean Macintosh I guess?
What does it mean...obsiously I don't know my arse from a hole in the ground...
Which means your Network Interface Card (NIC) has a unique address. You can tell your wireless router to only allow devices with that MAC address to get through.
Some of the more paranoid types will say that your MAC address could be spoofed. In other words, someone could "scan for" and find your wireless hub, then (theoretically) use a device to guess your MAC address which would then allow them to gain access to your router.
Depending upon your residence type, I guess this is more realistic if you're living in an apartment building where people could do this spoofing from the comfort of their living room. I find it highly doubtful that someone will park outside my single-family dwelling and sit in their vehicle and attempt to hack my wireless network.
In addition to my MAC filtering, I also have a 128-bit WEP key that must be entered as well.
I feel pretty safe with my wireless setup and you can't beleive how convenient it is. With my (work) laptop going about 3-4 hours on a battery charge, I can use my computer from anywhere in the house sans-cables.
Free at last. Free at last!
NOTE: To somewhat ease your fears about someone 'guessing' your MAC address:
Since the original designers of Ethernet had the foresight to use a 48 bit address space, there are potentially 281 million million possible MAC addresses.
Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:12 pm
Originally posted by hightimber
Tommy, you can filter MAC addresses to only allow MACs that you specify into your network. There are those who say that MACs are easily spoofed but I'll take my chances that some guy's not going to park outside my house and spoof the correct MAC address.
Somebody watched the screensavers today... hehe.. they talked about that on the show.
In fact, I had to clone my ISP's mac address in order to connect.. that's their way of regulating customers.
Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:13 pm
rt timber.
Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:15 pm
rt?Originally posted by -HaVoC-
rt timber.
I'm not familiar with that abbreviation.
rt=Roger, that! (?)
Fri Apr 09, 2004 10:16 pm
Originally posted by hightimber
rt?
I'm not familiar with that abbreviation.
He's saying "Ribbed Tetherball".. it's a colliquialism here in Massachusetts for "Well put".
No, not really.
Fri Apr 09, 2004 11:07 pm
From a legal standpoint regarding War Driving....
Its my understanding that it is technically illegal. If you use someone else's resources, or use their resources against them (hacking into their network.. or in this case, point and click hacking..) then yes, it is against the law.
I think....
I know there was one state where it was actually LEGAL to wardrive. The law said that if you were stupid enough NOT to encrypt, then its really your fault if you're hacked.
I've wardriven around my neighborhood before. In a 1 hour time span, I found 71 wireless networks. 12 of them were encrypted.
Encrypt your networks folks!
Hell, one SSID was 'linksys'. So, I got on the network, traveled to the router config page, used the default admin user / pass, and viola.. complete control. I didn't do anything.. but still..
Its my understanding that it is technically illegal. If you use someone else's resources, or use their resources against them (hacking into their network.. or in this case, point and click hacking..) then yes, it is against the law.
I think....
I know there was one state where it was actually LEGAL to wardrive. The law said that if you were stupid enough NOT to encrypt, then its really your fault if you're hacked.
I've wardriven around my neighborhood before. In a 1 hour time span, I found 71 wireless networks. 12 of them were encrypted.
Encrypt your networks folks!
Hell, one SSID was 'linksys'. So, I got on the network, traveled to the router config page, used the default admin user / pass, and viola.. complete control. I didn't do anything.. but still..