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PLS HELP! URGENT. Neighbors using my Wireless, Problems setting up password
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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 539099" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>MAC filtering is nearly useless, particularly if it's not in use with some kind of encryption. All one has to do is sniff the packets to see which MACs are allowed and then spoof one of the allowed MAC addresses - voila, you're on the network. Even worse is that everything is still being transmitted in plain text, so things like credit card numbers and other personal information is being transmitted openly through the air. </p><p></p><p>Not only that, but your procedure for obtaining a MAC address applies to Windows only, and actually you want to do an ipconfig /all (just typing the ipconfig command only gives you basic information).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 539099, member: 24098"] MAC filtering is nearly useless, particularly if it's not in use with some kind of encryption. All one has to do is sniff the packets to see which MACs are allowed and then spoof one of the allowed MAC addresses - voila, you're on the network. Even worse is that everything is still being transmitted in plain text, so things like credit card numbers and other personal information is being transmitted openly through the air. Not only that, but your procedure for obtaining a MAC address applies to Windows only, and actually you want to do an ipconfig /all (just typing the ipconfig command only gives you basic information). [/QUOTE]
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