Re: MAC address user recognition?
| From: | Leo Spalteholz | Date: | Fri, 21 Feb 2003 05:59:05 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: MAC address user recognition? | ||
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On February 20, 2003 08:13 pm, Jason Sheets wrote:
> MAC addresses are used for on a LAN and not the Internet. Using a
> MAC address might work for identification on a LAN BUT in most
> operating systems you can easily change the effective MAC address
> on the card.
Good call. I thought there was some fundemental problem I just
couldn't remember enough from my networking class to put my finger on
it.
> It would probably be better to look for some other form of
> identification like SSL certificates or a cookie with the secure
> bit on so it will only be sent over an SSL connection.
Yeah I'm not super concerned about security and such, this is only a
personal page so something simple will do the job. I think I'll just
end up hacking together my own encryption algorithm and then storing
encrypted passwords in a cookie.
Hehe. Security through obscurity, everyones favorite way :)
Thanks,
Leo