Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 09:16:52 +0200 (IST) From: Roman Shterenzon <roman@xpert.com> To: David Erickson <erickson@mddsg.com> Cc: <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: MAC Address Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.30.0012110914240.12823-100000@jamus.xpert.com> In-Reply-To: <005801c06335$4b35afc0$cc02a8c0@columbia.mentis.org>
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On Mon, 11 Dec 2000, David Erickson wrote: > > 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. > > How is it unethical to change ones MAC address? First of all a MAC address > is only used on your local LAN segment. MAC Addresses do not traverse over > IP. Once your traffic hits a router the traffic is then relayed. ARP is The most interesting question is if I know some mac address on a switched network and then I set my mac address to this address, if some switches _will_ deliver packets to me as well? It might be interesting sniffing strategy on a switched network if some switches work this way. Thoughts? --Roman Shterenzon, UNIX System Administrator and Consultant [ Xpert UNIX Systems Ltd., Herzlia, Israel. Tel: +972-9-9522361 ] To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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