Auto blocking MAC addresses (IDS)

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Auto blocking MAC addresses (IDS)

Hi, is there a way to "auto block" MAC addresses that are trying to hack your network?

E.g if a MAC address fails to connect 5 times, i.e using wrong WPA keys, it will be blocked in the MAC address list.

/rob

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on May 8, 2008 1:41 AM

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Answer 1

Duane

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May 8, 2008 6:14 AM in response to robval

None of Apple's base stations have that feature.

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robval Author

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May 8, 2008 6:19 AM in response to Duane

Hm thank you.

Too bad though. 😟

It would be great to have e.g Snort to trigg "Apple events" to Airport Etreme to block things during some period of time.

/rob

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May 9, 2008 11:01 AM in response to robval

You can use MAC address filtering and set authorized times for each MAC so why not just add the MAC addresses you want on the network and prevent others from even connecting.?

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Duane

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May 9, 2008 11:25 AM in response to oceans777

The others will simply discover the MAC address of a connected client, clone that MAC address and then join the network.

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