Re: client - server

[Micheal Espinola Jr <michealespinola () gmail com>]

A MAC address can be queried on a windows box via the registry - if
you have access.  This can be done with [null] sessions and netbios.

So, depending on security, connectivity, access permissions, etc - it
may be possible to obtain this information.


On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 11:18:49 -0500, Michael Holstein
<michael.holstein () csuohio edu> wrote:
> > which informations can a server get about a client running M$ windows XP ?
> > I cannot access a website because i have been "banned" and I'd like to
> > understand how they recognize me for sure.
>
> All sorts of stuff. Visit browserspy (http://gemal.dk/browserspy/) for a
> bunch of tests. Java is one excellent way to steal the goods (and many
> browserspy tests use that).
>
> The 'short' answer is, however, probably a simple IP check.
> > I mean:
> > - a simple ip check doesn't work with dynamic addresses...
> > - cookies can be deleted
> > - computer name can be changed
> > - mac address can be changed (even I wasn't able to, because I have a usb dsl
> > modem and I cannot change its MAC working with regedit or using tools like smac )
>
> MAC address? That's not visible past the DSLAM. As for dynamic
> addresses, have you kept track? I have (supposed) dynamic addresses at
> home and it's not changed in over a year.
>
> You should dump the DSL modem and get a conventional ethernet one. Then
> change the MAC on your ethernet card at will (this will get you new
> addresses). There probably is a way to access the innerds of the USB one
> but you'd probably have to take it apart and locate the serial port.
>
> ~Mike.
> > Anything else ?
> > How the hell do they recognize me ?
> >
> > Matteo Giannone
> >
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