----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Helms" <khe...@zcorum.com>
> On Thu, Dec 11, 2014 at 9:24 AM, <valdis.kletni...@vt.edu> wrote: > > > On Thu, 11 Dec 2014 00:11:07 -0500, Jay Ashworth said: > > > I will give them their props: I only had to sign in *once*, last > > > year; > > > their auth controller has recognized my MAC address at every spot > > > I've > > > used since. > > > > Actually, that's sort of scary if you think about it too hard. > > Shared-secret > > authentication has its flaws, but it still beats shared-nonsecret > > auth. > > > > I really hope it's something on your laptop other than the mac > > address.... > It's very scary, and something I'm doing a paper on. It _is_ just MAC > recognition, at least until you try and use a MAC address that's > already active somewhere else. MAC cloning isn't all *that* common, at least not for that usage. The fact that it is *possible* provides some nice cover in certain circumstances, I would guess. As for "something else on my laptop", I'm not sure what else they could see; I'd be surprised if they could get anything to run on SuSE 12.2. :-) Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink j...@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
