JohnS wrote:
&& Why you scrub the MACS?Sheer paranoia and long-standing habit.Elaborate, you that paranoid? Over paranoid gets you faster than scrubing MACs. I would worry about, does my router have holes in it? Plus let your MAC fly on the wireless network. I let my neighbor connect to mine, they can't afford the internet. One caveat, all they have is net access.
Back in the mists of time, when I was working with VAXen and DECnet Phase IV, the general practice in our shop was to be careful about making MAC addresses generally known. Seems a quaint habit considering the network today, but old habits are sometimes hard to break... and they are not always a bad thing!
As far as the security of my home network goes, I get a giggle every time I scan for wireless networks at home. Mine is the ONLY network that I can reach that is encrypted.
As far as paranoia goes, one of my mentors once told me that a mild degree was a useful attribute for a system administrator. It tends to make one spend more time thinking about what CAN go wrong, which is great if you actually put the results into practice.
-- Jay Leafey - jay.leafey@xxxxxxxxxxxx Memphis, TN
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