Spoofing a MAC addrew
David Gibson
david at gibson.dropbear.id.au
Thu May 30 10:29:01 EST 2002
On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 10:37:56AM -0700, Jean Tourrilhes wrote:
> Mr Leon G. Vandenberg wrote :
> > How easy is it to spoof a different MAC address with Orinoco Gold card
> > and Windows XP
> > I know this is possible on Linux
> > I want to prove to a corporate customer how trival this is
>
> You can bet that any potential attacker will only use Windows
> XP and won't have the idea of using Linux or *BSD. And he will use
> probably whatever card you have and won't try to pick one with the
> proper features.
That's sure as hell not a bet I'd make. It's probably true, but I
wouldn't stake money on it.
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