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You need more network security if you're just using MAC filtering

MAC address filtering has long been included as a security feature in many consumer routers, allowing users to block traffic or limit speeds to specific devices on their network by MAC address.
Wired

Build Your Own Raspberry Pi Home Network Content Filter

Every device on your network is bombarded 24/7 with malware, banner ads, pop-ups, and activity-tracking scripts. All that extra cruft slows down your browsing. But with a bit of tinkering, you can ...
Bleeping Computer

Content filtering devices abused for 65x DDoS amplification

Researchers have identified an alarming new trend in DDoS attacks that target packet inspection and content filtering devices to attain enormous 6,533% amplification levels. With such an amplification ...
Network World

Next generation Geo-IP filtering can be fine tuned to vastly reduce unwanted and malicious traffic

This column is available in a weekly newsletter called IT Best Practices. Click here to subscribe. Companies like Norse and Akamai track the source IP of Internet attack traffic and compile lists ...
Ars Technica

does mac filtering still work if the device has already connected to the Wi-Fi;

MAC filtering never really works. Anyone wanting to get on the wifi can just run a sniffer for a few minutes, find a MAC that is allowed and use it on their device. MAC filtering is useless. As for ...
The Providence Journal

GFI WebMonitor 2013 Brings Web Filtering to Off-Network Laptop and Notebook Devices

CARY, N.C., March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- GFI Software(TM) today announced GFI WebMonitor((R)) 2013, the latest version of the company's Web security and filtering solution targeted at small and ...