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On Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:50:30 -0700 |
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"Daevid Vincent" <daevid@××××××.com> wrote: |
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> I've thought about setting up a "hotel page" type system, but it's |
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> just one more thing I don't have time to futz with. If push came to |
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> shove, I'd just start blacklisting ALL MAC's (or I should say |
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> whitelisting *my* MACs actually). |
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> I'd really like to be part of a mesh, but where I live I'm in the |
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> middle of suburbia. |
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MAC addresses can be spoofed, and, i've been convinced, sniffed out |
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very easily. MAC address filterning isn't safe, but does make sure |
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anyone abusing your net the way we're talking about here uses your mac |
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addresses and not their own. |
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on the other hand, you could make them digitally agree to a user |
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agreement and I bet that would go a long way in court. |
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I've been wondering about this too. I'm trying to think of a way to |
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integrate a webpage with server routing and such. |
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