[lug] wireless points in Boulder

[John Hernandez]

A MAC address alone is not sufficient for authentication.  It's too 
easily sniffed and spoofed.  Ha, it sounds like a kindergarten topic :) 
  -- and that's probably a good analogy, because it's really quite easy 
to defeat.

Warren Sanders wrote:

> 
> Most modern access points have the ability to allow access to only 
> authorized mac addresses.  Is this method equal or less secure these 
> days, or has it been comprimised already too?
> 
> On that note, can one easily hack their nic to change their mac address? 
> I guess all your money riding solely on this measure would not be 
> advisable if mac address are being spoofed.
> 


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