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Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Cookbook

You're reading from  Kali Linux Wireless Penetration Testing Cookbook

Product type Book
Published in Dec 2017
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781783554089
Pages 216 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Sean-Philip Oriyano Sean-Philip Oriyano
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Evading MAC filtering with MAC spoofing

During your explorations, one technique that may be deployed against you an effort to stop you is a technique known as MAC filtering. Simply put, MAC filtering is a countermeasure that involves either whitelisting the MAC addresses of devices approved to be on your network or blacklisting devices that you don't want on your network. While this technique is incredibly rare and often encountered on none but the smallest of networks it is still a countermeasure that frequently pops up as a recommended security mechanism. Here, we will explore how to evade MAC filtering and gain access to a network anyway.

In most consumer and commercial grade access points, it is not difficult to find an option for MAC filtering. Usually, this option goes by the name of MAC filtering or it may be under a group of settings for access control and may even...

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