Not that I would but just how does one change the MAC address?
Granted, I'm just looking as a normal user but I can't see how to do it 
on Linux, Mac, or Windows.


Craig White wrote:

>On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 04:42 -0700, G Gambill wrote:
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>>Very secure from someone making changes.  Not worried about someone
>>listening.
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>that's a granularity choice that would suggest that all you need is to
>'filter' wireless by known MAC addresses - encryption optional but not
>entirely necessary - of course it's not hard to change a NIC's mac
>address  ;-)
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>>FWIW, I am using static IP only.  Small network
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>doesn't matter
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>>Each Win box has a Norton Firewall which only accepts certian IP address in.
>>I haven't found the Win equivelant of host deny all excptt for host allow.
>>8-(
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>things like hosts.allow & hosts.deny aren't firewall - they don't stop
>packets from reaching (i.e. - worthless in DOS floods)
>
>what hosts.allow and hosts.deny represent represent is an 'ACL' (access
>control language) and Windows actually does have ACL's - just that many
>of them are awkward to implement and implementation in programs is up to
>the developer and inconsistent if considered at all.
>
>Craig
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