rperkin;267508 Wrote: > I have a feeling that I shouldn't be responding to this, but here > goes... >
likewise! > > In the case of wireless security the major risks are of unauthorised > access (mitigated by authentication) and compromised privacy (mitigated > by encryption). > I'd prefer to think of it in more personal terms. What person (or kind of person), in what circumstances, for what reason, doing what? As I hope my examples illustrated, the threats in these terms are quite different depending on your environment. > > You use the analogy of an internal door lock. I suggest that the > analogy for MAC address filtering is more like removing the number from > the front door. The house still has a number, those who know it can > still find the house, the mail still gets delivered. And reading the > address on the outside of an envelope immediately reveals the house > number. > No, don't like that analogy at all. In the risk scenario I was discussing (an ignorant / non technical neighbour is blundering around) MAC filtering makes my network completely inaccessible. He may be able to see it, especially if I broadcast my SSID, but won't be able to connect and will probably have no idea why. I think that you are thinking of a quite different risk scenario - where a malicious and skilled person wants to get at my network, in which case I've already agreed that this technique isn't much use. All of which argument is ultimately pointless, I suppose, except that I don't like to see people falling into the trap of thinking that everyone else has the same skills and knowledge that they do..... IMHO Ceejay -- ceejay ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43210 _______________________________________________ jive mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jive
