Helo... I need to ask about hardware address.... As we knew, we can block connection based on Hardware address. But how if the "thief" using fake hardware address? Means, he/she change their hardware address mannually? Is there a way to block it? Thank you for your help. Regards, Adi Nugroho
On Saturday 09 February 2002 10:28, Adi Nugroho wrote: well, the hardware adress just matters when you''re on the same ethernet. So you should keep your ethernet clean.> Helo... > I need to ask about hardware address.... > > As we knew, we can block connection based on Hardware address. > But how if the "thief" using fake hardware address? > Means, he/she change their hardware address mannually? > > Is there a way to block it? > > Thank you for your help. > > Regards, > Adi Nugroho > _______________________________________________ > LARTC mailing list / LARTC@mailman.ds9a.nl > http://mailman.ds9a.nl/mailman/listinfo/lartc HOWTO: http://ds9a.nl/lartc/-- e-admin internet gmbh Andreas Gietl Roter-Brach-Weg 124a tel +49 941 3810884 fax +49 941 3810891 mobil +49 171 6070008
On Sat, Feb 09, 2002 at 05:28:04PM +0800, Adi Nugroho wrote:> Helo... > I need to ask about hardware address.... > > As we knew, we can block connection based on Hardware address. > But how if the "thief" using fake hardware address? > Means, he/she change their hardware address mannually?Supposedly there are cards out there which have a truly fixed mac address. Some wireless lan cards have this. However, you would then need to be sure that nobody sneaks in their own network adaptor. Regards, bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Versatile DNS Software & Services http://www.tk the dot in .tk Netherlabs BV / Rent-a-Nerd.nl - Nerd Available - Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control: http://ds9a.nl/lartc