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 at mindless.com Memphis, TN -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/x-pkcs7-signature Size: 3274 bytes Desc: S/MIME Cryptographic Signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20100717/1b546e5b/attachment-0003.bin>