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Old 03-13-2007, 08:12 AM   #1
srikrishna097
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Hardware address misuse


Im in a university where in , we are required to register our hardware addresses for our internet connection , however someone seems to be misusing the system by using the address to which ive been registered to. He comes online for only for a limited period of time in the day and i need to sniff the person out ,How do i do it??
 
Old 03-13-2007, 08:17 AM   #2
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Im in a university where in , we are required to register our hardware addresses for our internet connection
Call them and explain them the problem because there is no easy solution.
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, however someone seems to be misusing the system by using the address to which ive been registered to. He comes online for only for a limited period of time in the day and i need to sniff the person out ,How do i do it??
Try arpwatch
If he does a mistake, you will get his real mac adress
I have no other legal idea
 
Old 03-13-2007, 03:50 PM   #3
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Hmm.. Interestng.
I wonder, if you could supply them with your hardware address (MAC address) you'll probably need to work with the system admins of your university and suggest to them to peruse/monitor the server logs looking for your address and where it is connecting from (should be very easy for them to insert a rule into their firewall to react to any specific address), and meanwhile check into overriding your actual hardware address with a software one until the culprit is located, at which point you can switch back to your default HWaddress.
I am not certain, I think as far as overriding your HWaddress you need to use IPtables or something to do with Inetd.. Sorry I can't remember where I just recently came across it on my system, but I'll have a peek around and if you like, post the info.
Best of luck! Darned address thieves Grr :P
 
Old 03-13-2007, 03:59 PM   #4
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#HWADDR[4]="00:01:23:45:67:89" # Overrule the card's hardware MAC address
Ahhh, here it is, from etc/rc.inet1.conf

Not sure what the [4] is for (no pun intended, lol), but there is one on every line of my file.
If stealing an address is (and it likely is) against university policy you could change yours and leave the culprit-finding up to the sysadmins.. just remember to register your new address with the system.
 
  


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