*Use the macchanger utility. Make sure you write down your original MAC first, in case you need to switch back to it later.*
There is need to remember the mac address because it will be resetted on start up! So if you don't put that in a start up script, after the next boot you will have again the real mac address. Regards, Michael 2010/9/24 Robert Ransom <rransom.8...@gmail.com> > On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:34:05 -0400 > hi...@safe-mail.net wrote: > > > Robert Ransom: > > > > > Also, if you haven't bothered to change your MAC address, an attacker > > > with any UID can read it using ifconfig; your hardware manufacturers > > > may have kept records of where the device(s) with that MAC address were > > > shipped. > > > > I have heard of these attacks, like an attacker reading off your MAC > > address and even hardware serial numbers. I should be safe regarding > > serial numbers, but I am some concerned about the MAC address. > > > > It would be very nice to know how to change the MAC address so it says > > something different when you run the ifconfig utility. Could you, or > anyone, > > please help me with that? I'm using Linux. > > Use the macchanger utility. Make sure you write down your original MAC > first, in case you need to switch back to it later. > > > Robert Ransom > -- Michael Gomboc www.viajando.at pgp-id: 0x5D41FDF8