Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 01:31:15PM -0500, Angelo wrote: > >> It's been useful to me ;) But I guess I might have to switch to >> blocking people by mac add... just seems like a hassel to have to add a >> new machine each time. >> >> > Except that MAC addresses can be verily easily spoofed. It would not > take very long for someone to crack your WEP key and figure out your MAC > address in order to freely use/abuse your network. >
So I guess you leave your car unlocked then. Anyone who really wants to get into your car can do so pretty easily, usually without much in the way of tools either. (I did it with a coat hanger before.) This is how I see WEP and blocking by MAC: it's not that I'm trying to make sure it's impossible to do, I'm just trying to prevent casual abuse or temptation from the average user. I mean if someone really wanted to get to my computers, they could break into my apartment pretty easily... although they would have to get past the lock on the door ;) With that said, I'm not sure what alternatives I have on my network. I know I have some kind of support for WPA on the router, but if I can't even get WEP to work... I just told myself, "good luck with that." Angelo -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
