Talking about DHCP, they tend to re-assign IPs to known MAC addresses, so you may just need a different IP to test something, despite the DHCP intentions.Having layer 2 information is considered (?) more solid than layer 3 addresses that change often, especially when DHCPs are involved.
#VMWARE MAC ADDRESS SPOOFING SOFTWARE#
Several network software or appliances nowadays try to build "profiles" of Another use of a new MAC address if to make passive fingerprinting/profile building more difficult.I recently discovered that TeamViewer seems to use the MAC address to identify yourĭevice and decide whether or not you're making "commercial" use of the software.Was used to uniquely identify your device for licensing or security purposes. MAC addresses are a mean to have your device globally unique. In the time I talked with people who found very funny and unexpected uses for MacMakeup, hence in the MAC alteration process itself. I'm assuming you know what a MAC address is.
Well, finally it is :-) Back to the basics. I removed the software from my site because it was marked as a "virus" but a lot of peopleĬontinued to ask me if an updated version was available. This was my first public software that created me some problems, It existed in several flavors and was used in several contexts,įrom teaching to law enforcement. MacMakeup dates back to Windows 2000 era and was later updated to work on Windows XP.
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