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Putting up boxes seems like a terrible example. Really, a MAC address is a unique name. Now your pissing land requires people give their name. I find my name h
by CJefferson 14y ago
Putting up boxes seems like a terrible example.
Really, a MAC address is a unique name. Now your pissing land requires people give their name. I find my name has been banned, so I make up a new name. I think it is clear I know yo don't want me there, but I give a new name to get in.
- ricardobeat 14y agoThe whole point of the article is that MAC addresses are not unique and not a reliable way of identification...
- mpyne 14y agoThey don't have to be unique. MIT/JSTOR wouldn't have really cared about accidentally blocking people unfortunate enough to share Aaron's MAC address. And, the MAC address would have been perfectly reliable had Aaron not spoofed it. With enough resources it's practically impossible to provide reliably unforgeable credentials without strong crypto, and strong crypto goes against the whole point of MIT's open network.
- tedunangst 14y agoMAC addresses should generally be globally unique. You can change it, but they are not meant to be shared. Bad things happen when MACs are not unique.