Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Safe to post my MAC address?
On Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:40:15 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote: Damn if this isn't one of the most off-topic posts ever... Oh, I don't know... I think I win that contest[1] [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/153681 Surely the dolphin thread is the lifetime winner of that award... -- Neil Bothwick To iterate is human; to recurse, divine. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Safe to post my MAC address?
On Dec 18, 2007 10:38 AM, Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A guy in an online forum where I'm trying to get help with my Cox internet service wants me to PM him my modem's MAC address so he can check my connection in some way. He appears to be a Cox representative, but what ill could he do with this info? Just target me, right? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list Damn if this isn't one of the most off-topic posts ever... Anyways, I work in cable modem tech support. He can't access your modem directly since it has a private IP address (10.x.x.x), even if he does have the MAC address; he'd have to have access to your PC behind the modem (if he had your public IP and proper access) or some server that sits on that private network -- and have access to the encryption, since cable modems encrypt from end-to-end (modem to CTMS, which is basically the cable modem system router). So yes, I'd say it's safe to give him the MAC. If he truly is a Cox rep, he can pull up your internet account by the MAC address and check modem power levels, signals, possible area issues (depends on how advanced the software he uses to check this information is). -- - Mark Shields
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Safe to post my MAC address?
A guy in an online forum where I'm trying to get help with my Cox internet service wants me to PM him my modem's MAC address so he can check my connection in some way. He appears to be a Cox representative, but what ill could he do with this info? Just target me, right? - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list Damn if this isn't one of the most off-topic posts ever... Anyways, I work in cable modem tech support. He can't access your modem directly since it has a private IP address (10.x.x.x), even if he does have the MAC address; he'd have to have access to your PC behind the modem (if he had your public IP and proper access) or some server that sits on that private network -- and have access to the encryption, since cable modems encrypt from end-to-end (modem to CTMS, which is basically the cable modem system router). So yes, I'd say it's safe to give him the MAC. If he truly is a Cox rep, he can pull up your internet account by the MAC address and check modem power levels, signals, possible area issues (depends on how advanced the software he uses to check this information is). Sorry and thank you. - Grant -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Safe to post my MAC address?
On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 10:45 -0500, Mark Shields wrote: [stuff] Damn if this isn't one of the most off-topic posts ever... Oh, I don't know... I think I win that contest[1] [1] http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.user/153681 -- Iain Buchanan iaindb at netspace dot net dot au Rule of the Great: When people you greatly admire appear to be thinking deep thoughts, they probably are thinking about lunch. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
