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Date:  Thu, 09 Sep 2004 15:31:45 -0300
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From:  "Mark Dodel" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Not associated!

In <1133-SnapperMsg4EDDFFFDBD663163@68.246.84.18>, on 09/09/04 at 12:03
PM,
   Lewis G Rosenthal <lgrosenthal@2rosenthals.com> said:

>As a security measure, however, Mark, this (MAC address filtering) is 
>relatively weak. Some basic sniffing will reveal the associated MACs
>(which  traverse the air in clear text). After that, it's simply a matter
>of  spoofing one to get connected. Obviously, if there's already an IP
>assigned  to that MAC, there will be some connectivity issues, but when
>your  legitimate hardware is offline, someone else may freely connect
>(and you'll  become quite frustrated with your on again/off again
>connectivity).

I do realize that, but I've never done much other then mess with WEP and
could never get it to work (though that was with the original Cisco
driver).  I keep meaning to revisit WEP, but I hear there is a large
performance penalty wth it.


Mark

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