From owner-freebsd-security Sun Dec 10 20:34:23 2000 From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 10 20:34:21 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu (daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu [129.64.3.179]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BADB37B400 for ; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 20:34:20 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (meshko@localhost) by daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA03912; Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:34:16 -0500 Date: Sun, 10 Dec 2000 23:34:16 -0500 (EST) From: Mikhail Kruk To: Daniel Hauer Cc: Subject: Re: MAC Address In-Reply-To: <3A3457AA.7507D386@enter.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: meshko@daedalus.cs.brandeis.edu Sender: owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Mikhail Kruk wrote: > > > > I'd want to do it because at our university there are plugs for laptops on > > DHCP network, but DHCP server knows everyone's MAC address so all my > > activity is logged when I use it. Changing my MAC address would open some > > interesting posiblities. > > >From a purely theoretical point of view, of course. > > > > > Dave, > > > Sounds to me all this is just_slightly_unethical_if > _not_bordering_on_illegal. This is a topic for a security mailing list? > I thought we were here to boost network security, not circumvent it. > Just a network technician's opinion. I said "purely theoretical" and I meant it. However I'm seriously confused now. Is it really possible to change MAC address from software as people say here? Isn't the whole point of MAC address just the oposite? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message