Orinoco MAC address filtering

[Jaakko Isomursu]

> > Is there any known way to bypass Orinoco's MAC address filtering for
example
> > by duplicating WLAN-cards MAC address?
>
> Yes, sniff network, collect MAC addresses, set in the driver.

The problem was, I didn't know that changing the MAC address was that easy
in linux..

> > When WEP is allmost useless, would this provide some security?
>
> If you want security :
>
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wireless.html#security
>
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.usage.ht
ml#deploy

Yes.. I'm plannng to use VPN, but I was wondering if this MAC address
filtering is worth the trouble. Apparently not.


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Jaakko Isomursu
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