On Apr 25, 2018, at 8:24 AM, Tomas Kuchta <[email protected]> wrote: > > Every time I hear about MAC address filter - I wonder who are we trying to > secure the network from. > > It can make things difficult for friends who we not only need to tell your > password, but also go to the office, turn on the PC, figure out their MAC > and white list it. Quit a bit of a hassle for every single device. > > It sure has no effect on an intruder from some far away land out of reach > of the Wlan. > > It has no effect on a neighbor who knows the Wlan password, because they > can simply listen to your traffic, see some MAC which works and use that to > connect. > > Random passer by would not know your password. > > Kid's, spouse's friends - that will surely cause constant nagging and > judgement comments, not worth it, for sure. > > So the only people I can think of it successfully deters are the ones we > care about. > > Did I forgotten about somebody? > MAC filtering is a low bar, for sure. However, its still a bar, and it will trip some people. 802.1x is much better. Captive portal may be reasonable, depends on what the capabilities of the AP are.
As a general rule, people that attack your WiFi are not in a far-off land. The radio signal isn't that strong. -- Louis Kowolowski [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> Cryptomonkeys: http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/ <http://www.cryptomonkeys.com/> Making life more interesting for people since 1977 _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
