Hi Both,
> > Sort of like naming wireless SSIDs as local or national PD or agencies.
> > NSA_NODE_328, anyone?
I use to use AFP2600 which for anyone in the know, will know
AFP = Aussie Fed Pol... and of cause you can google 2600.
> However, that doesn't matter much. The mac addresses of everything is
> allocated to manufacturer and that the manufacturer is broadcast. So,
> I can pretty quickly figure out who has the "Han Hai Precision" device
> in the room. (Lenovo). Pretty much all Apple and Sanyo devices show up
> as such.
You can rewrite your MAC address, or if you compile
your own GENMAC drivers you can turn off broadacasting
a MAC entirely as long as your security doesnt depend on
it, though really thats a bit daft in this day and age to tie
your access to a MAC address.
Cheers
Ian Manners
Of nowhere in particular.
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