You can easily spoof a MAC address, Jerry. 12 year old wannabe hackers are doing it everytwhere. Fortunately most criminals don't know that a simple program downloaded from the internet would mask them forever...
Scott L. --- Jerry Belloit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wonder if Cam stole the notebook or if he bought a > "hot" one. > > > > It is fortunate that most people don't know that you > really can't change a > NIC address on the network card. Network > registrations include both the > user ID and the NIC address. Catching stolen > laptops at a university is > relatively easy if it is used by another there. > > > > Jerry > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Shane Ford > Sent: Friday, November 21, 2008 9:55 PM > To: GATORNEWS > Subject: [gatornews] [ESPN.com]: Florida's Newton > faces felony counts after > fellow student's laptop stolen > > > > > Florida's Newton faces felony counts after fellow > student's laptop stolen > > > A student reported the computer stolen Oct. 16, > according to the police > report, and an investigation linked the laptop to > Newton five days later > when he allegedly used the machine to access the > school's network. The > school identified the user name as "cnewton," police > said. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
