wireless access point

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 11:58:35 PDT 2004


On 01/24/04 07:07, Wil McGilvery wrote:

> Using a Mac address with a wireless router is good idea, but mac addresses can be spoofed. Someone with the right knowledge/tools can still get connected.

Well sure.  But someone who is sufficiently determined will almost 
always find a way, even if its brute force.

Another option for the sufficiently paranoid is NoCatAuth:
http://nocat.net/

which requires authentication (on top of whatever other wifi 
restrictions you have in place) to connect to an AP.

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