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Old 10-26-2006, 10:35 PM
Stuart Miller
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Default Re: Blocking a computer from a wireless router.



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>>Other than knowing which address to clone, how easy is it to break the
>>filtering algorithm in the router?

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> There are not mutually exclusive. It is necessary to know what MAC
> address is allowed by the filters and to clone these. A few minutes
> sniffing will usually do the trick.
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>>Brute force attack? 12 hex digits 2.8 * 10^^14 possibilities....
>>How can a total outsider find out which MAC addresses are inside?

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> Sniff with Kismet, Netstumbler, etc...
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Thanks - I didn't realize they were broadcasted unencrypted.
Time to tighten up things here

Stuart



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