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Date:  Tue, 07 Jun 2005 07:02:19 -0400 (EDT)
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From:  "Stanley Sidlov" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] The Feds can own your WLAN too : TomsNetworking :

Even in combination Mac Filtering and WEP can be easily broken by someone who wants to. This is one of the reasons it's so important to have drivers for the newer cards which have better encryption.....

On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 13:21:48 -0400, Julian Thomas wrote:

>In <42A477AA.7010102@rollanet.org>, on 06/06/05 
>   at 11:19 AM, Sam Lewis <saml@rollanet.org> typed:
>
>> I currently live out in the 
>>boonies so I always figured that when I see a cow or donkey with a 
>>wireless laptop then I'll start worrying a little more about security.  
>
>Same here.  The nearest neighbor doesn't even own a computer.
>
>>How secure is MAC 
>>address filtering?  It seems to me that this would be the perfect way to 
>>keep people out of my network.  But not many people use this method for 
>>securing their network or at least it isn't talked about much.
>
>I use this method, along with only powering up the WAP when I am actually
>using it.  I have read that it can be spoofed, but the attacker would need
>to know the MAC address to spoof.
> 
Stan Sidlov
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