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Re: [SLE] MAC address authentication
- From: "Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2004 00:53:14 +0200 (CEST)
- Message-id: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0408130051071.7401@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
The Tuesday 2004-08-10 at 15:40 -0700, nhaas wrote:
> I am trying to make an authentication server. We are a campus that requires
> a MAC address in a database to use the web.
Mmm. You should remember that many cards allow changing the MAC address by
software; therefore an authentication based on MAC alone can be fooled
easily enough.
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Cheers,
Carlos Robinson
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