Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2009 10:02:52 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: John Conover <conover@rahul.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Logs from wireless routers disclosing L2/MAC info? Message-ID: <443afidlgj.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20090115082522.28969.qmail@rahul.net> (John Conover's message of "Thu\, 15 Jan 2009 00\:25\:22 -0800") References: <20090115082522.28969.qmail@rahul.net>
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conover@rahul.net (John Conover) writes: > Some of the popular wireless routers have an option to email > access/security logs to an account on the Internet. When enabled, the > logs contain the last 24 bits of the MAC address of the router's cable > modem port, (the rest could be guessed since the brand name is > included in the email,) and, the MAC address of the cable modem's > router port. > > Was I potty trained wrong, or is this risky. It could be, but isn't necessarily. Depends on other details of how the network is set up. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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