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Re: home networking

To: Mike Rambour <mikey@b2systems.com>
Subject: Re: home networking
From: Pat Horne <pjhorne@mail.utexas.edu>
Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2005 19:11:01 -0500
If you take this off list please include me, I also would like to know,

Peace,
Pat

Mike Rambour wrote:

>
>> MAC filtering is one of the biggest jokes in wireless security.  
>> Along with don't broadcast the SSID, use WEP, keep the WAP in the 
>> center of the house, disable DHCP, etc....
>
>
>   its off-subject but can I ask why is MAC filtering a joke ?  I 
> realize it is extremely easy to spoof a MAC address but the guy in the 
> street parking his car and trying to use my wi-fi connection will not 
> know my MAC addresses, so it would seem secure.  And the advantage is 
> that it does not slow down the connection like WEP does, so you can 
> get full speed of the wi-fi connection.
>
>  My house is wired but I do have 2 laptops and use MAC filtering when 
> they are turned on which is not often within the house.  I turn off 
> WEP and within minutes I have several DHCP connections due to the 
> proximity of neighbors but with MAC filtering, I have not seen another 
> connection yet.
>
>   Feel free to reply off-list since its so far off subject but since 
> no one has complained yet, maybe others are wondering why MAC 
> filtering is so bad (I hope they dont know why which would make me 
> stupid for not knowing).
>
>         Mike






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