From: Erin Carroll (amoeba@amoebazone.com)
Date: Sun Sep 03 2006 - 21:39:51 EDT
This discussion has wandered well outside the realms of penetration testing
and should probably be continued on the wifi-sec list. I will be blocking
further emails on this thread unless they have a direct relevance to
penetration testing.
-- Erin Carroll Moderator SecurityFocus pen-test list "Do Not Taunt Happy-Fun Ball" > -----Original Message----- > From: Massimo Baschieri [mailto:massimo.baschieri@re-ti.it] > Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 12:49 AM > To: nokia1@gmail.com; pen-test@securityfocus.com > Subject: R: Re: MAC address spoofing - conflict? > > > >Maybe you could explain what happens to the AP's ARP cache when it had > >duplicate entries then? > > Maybe you are getting a little confused about ap and arp. > An AP is a L2 device and as such it doesn't need arp table in order to > perform its duties. > Arp table is there almost only because it's supposed for the AP to have > an ip address for management purposes and because the ap itself may > have to talk with external services (radius, syslog, ntp, ecc..), but > if no wireless client is accessing the management interface of the ap > no client mac address is going to appear in the arp table of the ap. > Yes, dhcp server may (or may not) have problems with duplicate mac > addresses, but if you are forging a mac address you are not going to > use dhcp, aren't you? > Bye, > Max. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > This List Sponsored by: Cenzic > > Need to secure your web apps? > Cenzic Hailstorm finds vulnerabilities fast. > Click the link to buy it, try it or download Hailstorm for FREE. > http://www.cenzic.com/products_services/download_hailstorm.php > ----------------------------------------------------------------------- > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ This List Sponsored by: Cenzic Need to secure your web apps? Cenzic Hailstorm finds vulnerabilities fast. Click the link to buy it, try it or download Hailstorm for FREE. http://www.cenzic.com/products_services/download_hailstorm.php ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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