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Re: spoofing the ethernet address


From: j.hall () F5 COM (John Hall)
Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2000 16:05:27 -0800


Yes and no.   ;-)

It's easy with most PC based NIC's and drivers.  Some OS's and features
actually require it, so it's built into most NIC chipsets and drivers.

Of course, once the frame has traversed a router, the original source
MAC address is gone, so it's usually irrelevant unless your target is
on the same subnet as you.

JMH

"Bobby, Paul" wrote:
Is it possible to spoof this address also? Would someone have to write a
custom ethernet driver?

Paul Bobby
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John Hall <j.hall () f5 com>                                     F5 Networks, Inc.
Senior Test Engineer                                          206-505-0800

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