Hello Bob!

20 May 05 11:58, you wrote to me:

 >>BS>       Why would anyone in their right mind only depend on MAC
 >>BS> filtering for wireless security?  MAC spoofing is so easy to do,
 >>BS> and the MAC address is broadcast in cleartext.
 >>
 >> If one has their wireless router/AP set to only grant specific mac
 >> addresses access, then doesnt spoofing prove futile if the mac
 >> address listed is already in use and doesnt the spoofer have to
 >> know, or do they "war spoof"?


 BS>       Like I said, MAC addresses are broadcast in cleartext, so a
 BS> decent packet sniffer should be able to grab it.  And who's to say the
 BS> MAC is physically active at the moment? Laptop battery couyld be dead,
 BS> the machine could have gone into hibernation, and so on.  Heck, even
 BS> the common encryption schemes are broken.  Basically WiFi is not as
 BS> secure as some would like to think.

Ok..

In my case, I have my PDA, and a wireless printer setup to be granted
access on my AP and they are always on, PDA sits in a keyboard cradle that
also doubles to keep battery charged up. I also use a passphrase in the
setup, guess I am as secure as I "can be" as long as I keep the
printer and PDA in range of the AP to always be seen and logged on.

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