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block LAN access based on OS
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 20 2012 @ 11:02 AM EST
Sorry, a wonderful line from computer stupidities just popped into my head:

"It has a MAC address, therefor you can block it for being an Apple
product"

Blatently stupid, I know, but still funny.

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It could be done, but it would be a kluge
Authored by: artp on Tuesday, November 20 2012 @ 11:17 AM EST
We used to scan MAC IDs at one place I worked. Since the
MACs are assigned by block to companies, you can pick out
the Apple MACs, use a network scanner (NID or smaller
utility) to determine the OS, and block the device in a
firewall. For wireless, that would be feasible, for desktop,
a little more difficult and messy.

A much simpler idea: I would just throw a tizzy fit if
someone brought in a device that I didn't want on my
network. It has worked for me with Windows systems on my
home network! ;-)

---
Userfriendly on WGA server outage:
When you're chained to an oar you don't think you should go down when the galley
sinks ?

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

block LAN access based on OS
Authored by: Anonymous on Tuesday, November 20 2012 @ 11:55 AM EST
You could periodically run nmap -O on the LAN address space, and then block
anything which shows up as unwanted.

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