Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:34:16 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Kruk <meshko@cs.brandeis.edu> To: Daniel Hauer <dh@enter.net> Cc: <freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: MAC Address Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012102333120.1973-100000@daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu> In-Reply-To: <3A3457AA.7507D386@enter.net>
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> Mikhail Kruk wrote: > > > > I'd want to do it because at our university there are plugs for laptops on > > DHCP network, but DHCP server knows everyone's MAC address so all my > > activity is logged when I use it. Changing my MAC address would open some > > interesting posiblities. > > >From a purely theoretical point of view, of course. > > > > > Dave, > > > Sounds to me all this is just_slightly_unethical_if > _not_bordering_on_illegal. This is a topic for a security mailing list? > I thought we were here to boost network security, not circumvent it. > Just a network technician's opinion. I said "purely theoretical" and I meant it. However I'm seriously confused now. Is it really possible to change MAC address from software as people say here? Isn't the whole point of MAC address just the oposite? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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