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ZDNet Dictionary Definition
- MAC Address
- Media Access Control address The unique serial number burned into Ethernet and Token Ring adapters that identifies that network card from all others. See MAC layer and OUI.
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- IT Dojo: How to spoof a MAC address
- When you support small offices, home offices, and remote offices, you often run across older wireless equipment. Equipment that's likely secured with MAC filtering and perhaps a hidden SSID and WEP encryption.Most techs would agree that MAC filtering alone isn't going to secure a wireless network and that even WEP...
- Tags: MAC, Information Technology, TechRepublic Inc., it dojo, bill detwiler, microsoft windows, security, wi-fi, wireless, wep, mac address, ssid, spoofing
- Videos 2008-07-14
- Colasoft MAC Scanner Pro (exe)
- Colasoft MAC Scanner is a scan tool for scanning IP address and MAC address. It can automatically detect all subnets according to the IP addresses configured on multiple NICs of a machine and scan the MAC addresses and IP addresses of defined subnets as your need. This version is the...
- Tags: MAC, IP, MAC Address, IP Address, Subnet, Colasoft, Colasoft MAC Scanner, Network Technology, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-05-30
- Apple and AT
- Apple and ATHey, it's no worse than MAC filtering :)Hey, it's no worse than MAC filtering which is universally used at for-fee hotspots :). The right sniffer and the right script can quickly change your MAC address to one that's already logged in. Just find a user on...
- Tags: Domain names, Web browsers, user agent, MAC address, DNS, MAC, Mac Filtering, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-02
- Find MAC Address (exe)
- Find MAC Address is a tool for finding the MAC addresses of computers on the network. With Find MAC Address, you can find the MAC address of your or remote computer and also of any computer within the specified range of IP addresses. Unlike similar software, Find MAC Address can...
- Tags: MAC, MAC Address, Computer, Lizard Systems, Find MAC Address, Productivity
- Software downloads 2008-04-08
- SMAC MAC Address Changer (exe)
- SMAC is Made In USA. SMAC is a powerful, yet easy to use MAC address changer for Windows systems, regardless of whether the manufacturers allow this option or not. The new MAC addresses you change will sustain from reboots. Features: change MAC address in 3 clicks, validate MAC address, generate...
- Tags: MAC, MAC Address, SMAC
- Software downloads 2008-02-08
- The easy way to avoid a Wi-Fi virus
- The easy way to avoid a Wi-Fi virusNo such word as "kudo"There is no such word as "kudo". "Kudos" is not a plural, it is a greek word meaning, literally, "praise". You should have used the term "kudos-seeking", not "kudo-seeking".RE: The easy way to avoid a Wi-Fi virusHow about MAC...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Strong Encryption, MAC Address Filtering, WPA, SSID, Wi-Fi virus, Wi-Fi, MAC address, MAC, virus, network
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- ARPmyNET (exe)
- ARPmyNET retrieves the MAC addresses of all networking equpiment on your subnet, and matches them against an OUI file. The result is a list of IP addresses with the corresponding MAC address and the IEEE register company for the MAC addresses. IP limitation ARPmyNET only works with IPv4 C-class IP...
- Tags: MAC, MAC Address, ARPmyNET, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-12-10
- CallWave Text Messaging Widget (zip)
- Free unlimited Text Messaging to any US mobile number. Integrates with Mac Address Book. Simply type your message in the widget, select a name or phone number and hit send. The widget figures out the carrier. Versioin 3.7 adds full integration with Mac Address Book.
- Tags: MAC Address, CallWave Inc., Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2007-09-21
- Colasoft MAC Scanner (exe)
- Colasoft MAC Scanner is a scan tool using to scan IP address and MAC address. It can automatically detect all subnets according to the IP addresses configured on multiple NICs of a machine and scan the MAC addresses and IP addresses of defined subnets as your need. Users can custom...
- Tags: MAC, IP, MAC Address, IP Address, Subnet, Colasoft MAC Scanner, Network Technology, Networking
- Software downloads 2007-03-01
- SpoofMAC (exe)
- SpoofMAC is a powerful, easy to use, and intuitive Mac address changing spoofing tool for Windows systems. SpoofMAC was developed by IT certified network engineers and software developers. SpoofMAC allows users to change the Mac address of network adapters on Windows systems. Includes command-line scripting and IPConfig. SpoofMAC helps people...
- Tags: Network, MAC Address, SpoofMAC, Networking
- Software downloads 2006-10-28
- A-Mac Address Change (exe)
- Change Mac Address in seconds. Scan Mac Address within any range of IP address. Exports the scanning results from a Mac Address Lookup list. Spoofing the Mac Address of your network card to any new Mac Address. Wake on Lan. Win Ipconfig. It scans any range of IP for the...
- Tags: MAC Address
- Software downloads 2006-10-17
- Hide My MAC Address (exe)
- Anyone with the right tools can track your Internet activity if they know your MAC Address. Your MAC Address is continuously being sent over WiFi networks, even if they use secure WEP/WPA Encryption. Fool MAC-based ACLs Access Control Lists by cloning the MAC address of a computer that is already...
- Tags: MAC, MAC Address, Wireless
- Software downloads 2006-09-08
- Can I bring my laptop?
- Can I bring my laptop?Good article, Chris! One suggestion ...To deal with gaming devices, you may be able to block by MAC address instead of device name which kids may quickly figure out how to fool. Each manufacturer usually has a range of MAC addresses which are uniquely...
- Tags: Notebooks, Games, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, MAC address, laptop computer, MAC, network, gaming device, game
- Discussion threads 2006-08-21
- CC Get MAC Address (exe)
- CC Get MAC Address is a handy tool for getting MAC address and computer name from IP address. You can use it to get MAC address of a computer on LAN even out of your LAN range. It's based on Microsoft Net bios technology. CC Get MAC Address also can...
- Tags: MAC, MAC Address, Computer, CC Get MAC Address, LANs, Network Technology, Networking
- Software downloads 2006-08-08
- AirSnare (exe)
- AirSnare is an intrusion detection system to help you monitor your wireless network. AirSnare will alert you to unfriendly MAC addresses on your network as well as to DHCP requests. If AirSnare detects an unfriendly MAC address, you have the option of tracking its access to IP addresses and ports...
- Tags: MAC, MAC Address, Digital Matrix, AirSnare, Networking
- Software downloads 2006-05-03
- Google balks at fed request for millions of search records
- Google balks at fed request for millions of search recordsExactly how?......GMail aside, exactly how can the search data that Google saves be linked directly to you, as an individual, at 123 Main Street, USA or somewhere in Russia for that matter? It can't because your computer's IP address changes....
- Tags: Network technology, NETWORKING, DHCP, spammer, IP, IP address, Google Inc., MAC address
- Discussion threads 2006-01-23
- Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) Cracked
- Wi-Fi Protected Access WPA CrackedReal danger, mitigating factors and solution.The WPA algorithm itself is not flaw. The article states that the weakness comes from the way it is initialized on preconfigured Wifi access points, because the WPA key is generated from the 48-bit IEEE MAC address, which is all but...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Network security, WPA, Wi-Fi, MAC address, IEEE MAC address, IEEE, password
- Discussion threads 2005-12-22
- Wireless Hacks: Track Wireless Users
- MAC address filters on access points are easily circumvented using commonly available tools. If one's APs are bridged to the Ethernet segment, there are a couple of utilities one can use to look for people spoofing their MAC addresses. One such tool is arpwatch, available from http://wwwnrg. ee.lbl.gov/nrg.html. arpwatch runs...
- Tags: MAC, MAC Address, O'Reilly Media Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless
- Book chapters 2005-11-09
- Sequence Number-Based MAC Address Spoof Detection
- The exponential growth in the deployment of IEEE 802.11-based Wireless LAN WLAN in enterprises and homes makes WLAN an attractive target for attackers. Spoofing is possible because the IEEE 802.11 standard does not provide per-frame source authentication, but can be effectively prevented if a proper authentication is added into the...
- Tags: IEEE 802.11, MAC, WLAN, MAC Address, Authentication, Wireless LANs, LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Security, Networking
- White papers 2005-06-19
- The six dumbest ways to secure a wireless LAN
- For the last three years, I've been meaning to put to rest once and for all the urban legends and myths on wireless LAN security. Every time I write an article or blog on wireless LAN security, someone has to come along and regurgitate one of these myths. If that...
- Tags: SSID, password, wireless
- Blog posts 2005-03-18
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