Fingerprinting WiFi could secure MAC addresses
Note: About time. I am glad ways to finally make a wireless card somewhat secure is a good idea. Not sure why it took so long, they have had this hardware signature technology around for sometime.
MAC address spoofing on wireless networks could come to an end with a new security technique that would allow network administrators to see a unique WiFi fingerprints for each device. Carleton University researcher Dr. Jeyanthi Hall analyzed (pdf) the radio frequency (RF) signal of 15 devices and discovered that each and every device has its own unique signal—even devices from the same manufacturer—due to variations during the manufacturing process. The signals were so clearly different from one another that she had a 95 percent detection rate with zero false positives during her testing.
MAC addresses are a unique, alphanumeric identifier assigned to each individual network card. Network administrators use these identifiers to distinguish between individual machines on a network and ultimately limit network access to approved machines. However, savvy users quickly realized that they could easily spoof MAC addresses from other machines on their own devices to pose as someone else on the network. Although limiting network access to specific MAC addresses is very common, it is not considered the best form of network security for this reason.

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