Re: (solved) Re: how to (dis)allow some users from using wireless router?
On 8/13/07, Celejar <celejar@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 11:02:05 +0100
> Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 09:06:15 +0000 (UTC)
> > Simon Brandmair <sbrandmair@gmx.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Please notice, that filtering by mac address doesn't really add any
> > > extra security. The mac address can easily be changed with ifconfig,
> > > which is IMO default on every Debian machine.
> >
> > While it is true that the MAC address can be spoofed, the intruder
> > would need to have an allowed MAC address at their disposal. It
> > would require some technical savvy to obtain one.
>
> Not very much; a scanner will report attached clients' MACs without any
> real effort by the 'attacker'.
>
> > Liam
>
> Celejar
Would it not be a good idea to use pppoe on the clients and use an ssh
tunnel to provide security / authentication?
Adrian
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