On Tuesday, 7 February 2017 07:47:19 GMT Patrick Wigmore wrote:
> MAC address filtering does not really add any security. Before it
> comes into play, the attacker still needs to crack your WPA2
> encryption. If that's within their capability, then they almost
> certainly know how to discover and spoof an authorised MAC
> address by eavesdropping on your network traffic.
A fair point.
> Determining and spoofing the MAC address and SSID is totally
> feasible.
But probably not by an up and coming geek. I live on the edge of Corfe
Mullen, if there are any seasoned, skilled and determined hackers out there,
then they'll probably get through anyway.
To a certain extent, I agree with you and Ralph on this; some of these
measures are simply security theatre; the manufacturers want to be seen to be
doing something.
However, my view is that by using belt, braces *and* safety pins, all but the
most determined are likely to fall at one hurdle or another.
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