Comments on: Apple Hardware — The downside to using a Mac http://www.davidcramer.net/mac/304/apple-hardware-the-downside-to-using-a-mac.html A blog about Django, JavaScript, CSS, and general web development. Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:59:12 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: mwbarker http://www.davidcramer.net/mac/304/apple-hardware-the-downside-to-using-a-mac.html/comment-page-1#comment-20424 mwbarker Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:22:59 +0000 http://www.davidcramer.net/?p=304#comment-20424 Found this on a different site:<br><br>===<br>I have cracked this - if you have tried to access the wireless using wrong wireless autentication protocol say WEP personal instead WEP2 personal - and entered password - for both - THEN in flaky reception conditions mac tries first the wrong authentication method and messes somehow the right one - BUT you can fix this by going switcing airport off then go keychainaccess and delete the credentials - and then connect to wlan again - that should do it.<br>===<br><br>Sounds like it might be what is happening with you. Just go into keychain, delete all credentials for your airport connection and reconnect using the current credentials/security settings. I haven't run into this problem, but I do go into Keychain pretty regularly and clean things up a bit. Found this on a different site:

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I have cracked this – if you have tried to access the wireless using wrong wireless autentication protocol say WEP personal instead WEP2 personal – and entered password – for both – THEN in flaky reception conditions mac tries first the wrong authentication method and messes somehow the right one – BUT you can fix this by going switcing airport off then go keychainaccess and delete the credentials – and then connect to wlan again – that should do it.
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Sounds like it might be what is happening with you. Just go into keychain, delete all credentials for your airport connection and reconnect using the current credentials/security settings. I haven't run into this problem, but I do go into Keychain pretty regularly and clean things up a bit.

]]> By: c-dude http://www.davidcramer.net/mac/304/apple-hardware-the-downside-to-using-a-mac.html/comment-page-1#comment-20323 c-dude Tue, 23 Sep 2008 21:07:52 +0000 http://www.davidcramer.net/?p=304#comment-20323 MAC address filtering is useless. What good does it do you? If someone is good enough to get past WPA encryption, they're going to waltz past MAC address filtering in less than a couple seconds. It only takes a moment or two with a packet sniffer to extract a viable Mac address from any packet. Sure, you can't do that until you've broken the WPA encryption, but how exactly does that matter? MAC address filtering is useless. What good does it do you?

If someone is good enough to get past WPA encryption, they’re going to waltz past MAC address filtering in less than a couple seconds. It only takes a moment or two with a packet sniffer to extract a viable Mac address from any packet. Sure, you can’t do that until you’ve broken the WPA encryption, but how exactly does that matter?

]]> By: David http://www.davidcramer.net/mac/304/apple-hardware-the-downside-to-using-a-mac.html/comment-page-1#comment-20322 David Tue, 23 Sep 2008 20:04:08 +0000 http://www.davidcramer.net/?p=304#comment-20322 Maybe I wasn't clear. I used KisMAC a while back, not currently. My network is secured using WPA2 Personal currently, and before that it was direct MAC address filtering. Maybe I wasn’t clear. I used KisMAC a while back, not currently. My network is secured using WPA2 Personal currently, and before that it was direct MAC address filtering.

]]> By: T http://www.davidcramer.net/mac/304/apple-hardware-the-downside-to-using-a-mac.html/comment-page-1#comment-20320 T Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:41:13 +0000 http://www.davidcramer.net/?p=304#comment-20320 "was playing around with KisMAC for a while", "I know a little about how the security works", there's the problem right there, using a tool geared more towards the security professionals while letting down your network's defenses. Brilliant! And then leaving the network in that state unattended... Genius! “was playing around with KisMAC for a while”, “I know a little about how the security works”, there’s the problem right there, using a tool geared more towards the security professionals while letting down your network’s defenses. Brilliant! And then leaving the network in that state unattended… Genius!

]]> By: Don http://www.davidcramer.net/mac/304/apple-hardware-the-downside-to-using-a-mac.html/comment-page-1#comment-20319 Don Tue, 23 Sep 2008 16:15:16 +0000 http://www.davidcramer.net/?p=304#comment-20319 You call this the "downside to using a Mac." I would suggest that the key to your post is when you wrote, " I know a little about how the security works." Your article is not about a downside to using a Mac. Rather it is about the fact that "a little knowledge is dangerous." Well, you've learned your lesson. I hope that the thread Hans directs you to helps. Next time, be sure you know something before acting upon it. Good luck! You call this the “downside to using a Mac.” I would suggest that the key to your post is when you wrote, ” I know a little about how the security works.”

Your article is not about a downside to using a Mac. Rather it is about the fact that “a little knowledge is dangerous.”

Well, you’ve learned your lesson. I hope that the thread Hans directs you to helps.

Next time, be sure you know something before acting upon it.

Good luck!

]]> By: Hans http://www.davidcramer.net/mac/304/apple-hardware-the-downside-to-using-a-mac.html/comment-page-1#comment-20318 Hans Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:45:39 +0000 http://www.davidcramer.net/?p=304#comment-20318 This thread on the Apple Discussions forum looks like it might help you. Good Luck! This thread on the Apple Discussions forum looks like it might help you.

Good Luck!

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