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Gareth · 08-12-2005, 12:22

Nope, I can easily clone your MAC address - provided I know it.

Defining MAC addresses that are allowed to use the connection is just yet another layer of security... think of the security of your wireless connection like an onion. You enable one restriction, a hacker defeats that but is confronted with another layer that they need to attack.

None of the restrictions on their own are uncrackable and 100% secure, as nothing is 100% secure. However, combine all these together and you make things so time-consuming that the effort required far exceeds the potential gain of attacking your system. Instead, a hacker will attack your neighbour's system, which is less secure and involves less effort/time to compromise.

08-12-2005, 12:22	#9
Gareth cf.mega poster Join Date: Dec 2003 Age: 50 Posts: 7,101	Re: Wireless network security? Nope, I can easily clone your MAC address - provided I know it. Defining MAC addresses that are allowed to use the connection is just yet another layer of security... think of the security of your wireless connection like an onion. You enable one restriction, a hacker defeats that but is confronted with another layer that they need to attack. None of the restrictions on their own are uncrackable and 100% secure, as nothing is 100% secure. However, combine all these together and you make things so time-consuming that the effort required far exceeds the potential gain of attacking your system. Instead, a hacker will attack your neighbour's system, which is less secure and involves less effort/time to compromise.