Jay Leafey wrote:
> 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!
Yep.
>
> 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.
Please - I've enabled WPA, whatever I can, on my ladyfriend's FIOS, and my
own DSL, and push everyone else. It boggles my mind when I look for
wireless networks in a residential neighborhood, and see so many that are
just *open*.
>
> 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.
A buddy of mine, who was the sr. systems and network admin I worked with
10 years ago, used to say he was professionally paid to be paranoid.
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