On Mon, Jan 07, 2008 at 12:19:26PM -0500, Dave Anderson wrote: > On Mon, 7 Jan 2008, Pau Amaro-Seoane wrote: > > >loosen up a bit, you're too tight up... I just want to check my > >emails, I don't want to download p0nr movies > > Theft of service is theft, regardless of how much or little service > you're stealing. If someone's gone to the trouble of filtering on MAC > addresses, they've clearly indicated that they're not a public service > -- and no amount of weasel-wording will get around that. ACK!
Furthermore, depending on your origin this is considered a criminal act if you circumvent the MAC filter. E.g. here in germany you will pay for that crime or go to jail (for up to 5 years) doing this for a: sniffing the traffic to get a valid IP/MAC association b: breaking into the system which is protected (even a MAC filter is considered a protection). And NO A SYSTEM THAT USES MAC FILTERING IS NOT AN OPEN ACCESSPOINT! Oh and by the way it may be considered a crime trying to do or giving you tips how to do this (incitement). If you have a similar system at work and you will try to figure out how bad guys may attack this ... well talk to your boss or your IT security team. Maybe you will be assigned to a penetration test. But in this case you have to sign an agreement what you should do, what you shouldn't do and when and how to to such tests. (and if you are in a position to do penetration test you wouldn't ask such questions ;) ) So don't expect any answer on this list. Andreas. -- Windows 95: A 32-bit patch for a 16-bit GUI shell running on top of an 8-bit operating system written for a 4-bit processor by a 2-bit company who cannot stand 1 bit of competition.
