MAC Address Filtering and Its Attack
MAC address filtering can be used alone as an ineffective security measure, or in combination with encryption. The attack is determining an allowed MAC address, and then changing the MAC address of the attacker to that address.
EtherChange is one of the many programs available to change the MAC address of network adapters. It runs on Windows.
Read more about this topic: Cracking Of Wireless Networks, Penetration of A Wireless Network
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