[X4U] Re: Wireless "theft"

[Robert Ameeti]

At 12:57 AM +0100, 6/17/05, Stroller wrote:

>On Jun 16, 2005, at 9:51 pm, John Lyon wrote:
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>>I figure MAC filtering will keep all but the most determined out of 
>>the network - and if they can crack MAC filtering, it's almost 
>>certain they can crack WEP.
>
>Personally, I disagree.
>
>Spoofing a MAC address requires no cracking at all - it requires 
>passive sniffing and just one network packet from an authorised 
>laptop.

When you say it merely requires passive sniffing, the reality is that 
less than 1% of the list members would have any clue how they might 
accomplish this. We are talking about a possibility that is 
ridiculously small that this might ever happen to anyone.
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Robert Ameeti

Murphy's 7th Law: If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
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