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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network close... by jaywalk on Monday January 17, 2022 @02:32PM (#29970751)
MAC address filtering isn't a first step towards 802.1x, precisely because of the reason you mentioned. It's damn near pointless for all but the most basic security scenarios.
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network close... by nitrogen on Monday January 17, 2022 @03:17PM (#29971226)
Obviously it's not a first step toward certificates, but it is a first step away from "anyone can casually plug in a hidden Pi."
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network close... by genera1 on Monday January 17, 2022 @05:05PM (#29972204)
Anyone who knows how to setup that RPi to do anything meaningful knows how to spoof mac
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Re:The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network close... by ianai on Monday January 17, 2022 @09:11PM (#29974141)
But would they be able to figure out a MAC to spoof without significant amounts of time in the data center/switch?
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