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* [gentoo-user] [way OT] Authenticating in a wireless home network
@ 2013-02-25  2:49 walt
  2013-02-25  3:00 ` Michael Mol
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: walt @ 2013-02-25  2:49 UTC (permalink / raw
  To: gentoo-user

I've been connecting my google nexus 7 tablet to my wireless router
using the standard ssid/password method until last week, when I found
that my router will allow wireless connections based on the tablet's
MAC address.

What I don't know is whether the MAC-address authentication method
will cause the wireless router to skip the password authentication
entirely and accept the MAC address as 100% sole proof of identity.

I've heard that MAC address spoofing is easy given the right skills,
so I don't know if relying solely on MAC address for authentication
is asking for trouble, or not.

Your opinions are most welcome, the more paranoid the better :)



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