Attack of the Wireless Pirates
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It would seem that there are those nearby who want to try and hack my access passcode and get into some free broadband.
While I don't view this behavior as particularly "offensive" it is interesting to note that with MAC address authentication the kiddies probably will never be successful.
The term "MAC address" refers to a 48-bit hexadecimal address used to identify a device on the planet. Much of the address resolution involved in networking goes into determining that address for operations.
Said to be "unique on the planet", many network card and other hardware manufacturers use a unique sequence at the beginning of those MAC addresses assigned to their products.
Couple this with an ungodly SSID and the probability of a successful hack is even more nil than it already is.SSID stands for Service Set IDentifier and is the network name. These are the names you see if you open the list of Wi-Fi networks on your Wi-Fi equipped workstation, notebook, or phone.
I have 3 SSIDs all of which require a router side MAC address assignment and the proper entry of that previously mentioned ungodly passcode up front.
Couple this with breach attempt detection logic and the fact that an intruder has to already be on the private network to configure anything and all manner of intrusion becomes quite the lofty goal.
Good luck and ahoy matey.
| [WLAN access rejected: incorrect credentials] | from MAC AE:1D:91:DD:7E:60, | Sunday, Nov 27,2022 19:29:08 | |||||||||||||||
| [WLAN access rejected: incorrect credentials] | from MAC AE:1D:91:DD:7E:60, | Sunday, Nov 27,2022 19:28:24 | |||||||||||||||
| [WLAN access rejected: incorrect credentials] | from MAC FA:A3:9B:02:3D:13, | Sunday, Nov 27,2022 14:17:53 | |||||||||||||||
| [WLAN access rejected: incorrect credentials] | from MAC FA:A3:9B:02:3D:13, | Sunday, Nov 27,2022 13:22:57 | |||||||||||||||
| [WLAN access rejected: incorrect credentials] | from MAC FA:A3:9B:02:3D:13, | Sunday, Nov 27,2022 13:07:02 | |||||||||||||||
| [WLAN access rejected: incorrect credentials] | from MAC FA:A3:9B:02:3D:13, | Sunday, Nov 27,2022 12:28:47 |