Properly setup VPN is much more convenient than SSH, but both can be secure if they are used and configured properly.
MAC addresses can be spoofed yes. Read the "ifconfig" man page and looking for sometihng like "hardware address". Fairly straight forward to do it that way. Many NIC cards come with bootable utility disks that can change the MAC address of the card too. Other drivers for Linux like the VLAN patch can actually run multiple MAC addresses on the same physical NIC at the same time during normal operation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Scott Belford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 8:21 PM Subject: [luau] remote access: vpn or ssh > For remote access, is setting up a VPN inherently more secure than > establishing a SSH session? Is either connection easier to sniff? > > Somewhat related, haven't I seen some discussion on the list about limiting > access based on the MAC address? Does this offer the complete peace of mind > that it sounds capable of, or can MAC addresses be spoofed? > > scott > _______________________________________________ > LUAU mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://videl.ics.hawaii.edu/mailman/listinfo/luau > >
