Re: (solved) Re: how to (dis)allow some users from using wireless router?

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 08:18:19 +1000
"Adrian Levi" <adrian.levi@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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

I don't quite follow you.  Can you explain in more detail?

Celejar
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