Eric B. Richardson wrote: > Someone in this thread talked about limiting access to your network > by specifying addresses that could access it. So would that mean, > specifying the internet addresses on my machines? Specifying the > addresses of remote machines? or both?
NO, What I meant were the Ethernet hardware addresses. If you go into Apple System Profiler it will show you the address in the Appletalk section in Network Overview, it's a set of hex numbers like '01.a2.4f.dd.34.25' and is unique for each physical ethernet device, such as your Airport card, etc. The Base station will give these machines the internet address, depending on the setup. At least that's how the wireless is set up in our network here. Here is a wireless reference book: <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/802dot11/>, and a sample chapter <http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/802dot11/chapter/ch15.html>. It *is* a bit dense and oriented to networking pros. A better solution might be "Internet Security for your Macintosh,: A guide for the rest of us" from Peachpit Press: <http://www.peachpit.com/isapi/st~%7BBE17A1F3-54C4-4E75-A250-BA9ECE290FFE%7D/session_id~%7B7F146DE0-FF8A-4290-BD63-7B8180D4DB67%7D/product_id~%7BEC1339CC-5F7E-4F11-8FCC-993E8078BD93%7D/books/product.asp> though I've not seen it personally, it has a chapter on wireless networking. Another article and tipsheet on securing such a network <http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,11388,00.asp> <http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,11400,00.asp> (I was referring to item 10 in my post. In this article they talk of MAC addresses, this stands for Machine Address Code, iirc, not Mac as in Macintosh) More articles: <http://www.securityfocus.com/guest/5479> <http://security.duke.edu/securepc/wireless.html> <http://www.weca.net/OpenSection/secure_the_network_setup.asp?TID=2> -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
