[CUWiN-Dev] macshift - MAC address randomizing obfuscator

Quantum Scientific Info at Quantum-Sci.com
Mon Feb 7 11:50:07 CST 2005


The corresponding util in Linux is macchanger.  

And to set an arbitrary MAC address:
ifconfig eth1 hw ether 00:02:BA:DB:EE:FF
... used to overcome simple MAC authentication.

Speaking of overcoming authentication:
http://www.thinkcomputer.com/corporate/news/southstation.pdf

Best,

Carl Cook



On Monday 07 February 2005 11:17, Sascha Meinrath wrote:
> FYI: GPL-licensed utility for Windows that assigns a random MAC address to 
> your wireless adapter every time you connect to a WLAN.  You can also 
> specify a certain address if you prefer.
> 
> http://students.washington.edu/natetrue/macshift/
> 
> could something like this be utilized to automatically detect MAC 
> collisions and reassign a MAC on our nodes?
> 
> --sascha


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