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How to restore MAC address in Linux?

I have changed my MAC address in my Linux machine using ifconfig. Now the problem is I have not saved my original MAC address. I want to restore it without rebooting. Is there a way to do it?
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How to change the MAC address in Win 8 to spoof a Roku Player through a WiFi splash page?

My Linux laptop died yesterday and now I can't watch TV. Let me explain. I use a Roku Player to stream Netflix shows to my television; and a year or two ago, the Internet Service provided in my ...
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Can two devices with the same MAC address be on the same network?

What happens if there is a device already connected to a wifi network, and subsequently another device tries to join the wifi network using the exact same MAC address as the original?
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Faking screen resolution given to website

I would like to ask you how to fake screen resolution given to web page. I've just kept trying googling it for 20 minutes to no avail. Thank you in advance.
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Is it possible to spoof the From: field in Outlook?

I am wondering if it is possible to change the From: field (not just the reply-to) in Outlook (specifically in the 2010 beta, but also interested in other versions). I am just moving over from Linux ...
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Computer to act as keyboard

Title explains it. Imagine this example, Host computer connects to a Client computer via male/male usb connection. Client computer acknowledges this connection as a new device, in this case a ...
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Spoofing video card vendorid and deviceid

I was wondering if there's some way to spoof my video card vendorid and deviceid, so that I can run a software that runs only for certain ids. Is devcon.exe something I can use? I've read about 3D-...
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Is there a way to make Vivaldi fake-report the OS to webpages as Windows instead of Linux?

I run Linux and Vivaldi. Various webpages are able to tell that I run Linux, and I'm unsure if this is done from sniffing the User-agent header anymore. Regardless of how it is done these days, I ...
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Spoof MAC address in Windows 7: Bypass

I am trying to spoof the MAC address of my new Win7 laptop. To do so I tried specifying an alternate value from the Device Manager which took no effect. I also tried from the registry, as per other ...
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Why do spoofed DNS packets get ignored?

First off, let me clarify that this question refers to a private project that is intended for educational purpose only. I tried to write my own "DNS spoofer". Don't worry, this question is not ...
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How to tell from email header if sender address is legitimate

I received an email from [email protected] claiming that I have got an interview for Assistance Manager (exact words were - Result of your application for the position of assistant manager . ...
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Redirect/Resend IP packets after WakeOnLan

my old pc is playing home server now and uses a lot of energy. Therefore i'd like to suspend it, when it's not needed and wake it up when someone tries to access it. My plan is to notify a Raspberry ...
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nmcli cloned-mac-address for *all* connections

How can I clone the mac address on my linux system using the nmcli command such that it's cloned for all wifi connections? I'm having issues with Network Manager overriding the mac address that I set ...
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A Utility to Spoof MAC addresses in OS X?

Is there a menu bar style tool, or maybe a GUI program that would allow me to switch / spoof MAC addresses for the Airport / WiFi connection on OS X?
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How to Monitor network calls by exes installed on Computer

I want to Monitor websites getting connected by exes installed on my system. I suspect one of the exes I've installed is remotely connecting to some spammy website to send information secretly. Rather ...
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Is it possible to spoof screen size or resolution in Firefox?

I have a very unique screen size which makes me particularly vulnerable to fingerprinting. Is it possible to make it seem like my screen is the standard 1920x1080, without actually changing the ...
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Redirect to a particular YouTube video link if a person opens any YouTube page

I want to redirect all the users in my WiFi network who ever open YouTube or any YouTube video to a particular YouTube video. It might require editing the URL. I don't know if we can call it ...
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Can an Intel 82577LM Gigabit Network Connection be spoofed?

I need to tell someone my MAC address imminently so I can be added to their router, but I am not at my computer. My laptop is a Dell Latitude E6510, running Ubuntu 12.04 with an Intel 82577LM ethernet ...
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Yahoo Mail: Hacking, Spoofing or Malware explosion [closed]

It could be just coincidence, but in the week that my wife complains that here account has been 'hacked', I receive dodgy emails from most of the people I know who still use Yahoo accounts. When my ...
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Spoofing company email address

If you have a company in the UK, and its email address is being spoofed, what can be done about it? Our clients are basically getting emails which we never sent from email addresses which we do not ...
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How can I hide, spoof or mask an IP address? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Make my IP address appear to be from another country Several friends said they have done it with a proxy address. Is there a quick/easy way of doing it without having to ...
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How can a WiFi router recognize MAC address change of a connected device?

My teen son and I are playing a hacking game. I've installed an WiFi router with parental controls, MAC filtering, VPN, etc. I block Internet for him, he tries to break out of the cage (for now I'm ...
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Is there a way to execute an arp spoof on Windows?

You can easily set up arp spoofs on linux using the arpspoof command in terminal. My question is - is there a piece of software that would allow you to do the same on Windows? So far I've seen ...
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How is it that Email Marketing Platforms like mailchimp are able send emails from me without me giving them my email password?

Mail Chimp, SendinBlue, and etc are email marketing platforms that can do email blasting. I noticed that they are able to send an email and mark it as 'From' my email. Its very weird to me as i never ...
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How does IP address spoofing work when there is a router with public IP involved?

It says on Wikipedia that egress filtering 'verifies that the source IP address in all outbound packets is within the range of allocated internal address blocks' and on IP spoofing it says 'Ideally ...
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scramble https over http to avoid detection by Firewall

My campus has recently installed Fortigate Firewall and have started spoofing https certs. eg. Certificates appear to be invalid saying: "Google.com; verified by Fortinet CA" Is there a way to ...
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I need to spoof the source IP of a packet

I'm running some tests for a security project and here is the scenario. I have a SIP server (SBC) that accepts calls from a list of IP addresses. I have a SIP INVITE packet and I want to send to that ...
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Privacy: Disallowing server reading user's time

If you go to www.deviceinfo.me, you'll see that the website is able to read your machine's local time. This is sensitive information because it says whereabouts you're located. Is there any way to ...
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How to block IP address that's outside router's DHCP IP range

I've found some ip address that's not in my DHCP range.. which is weird because I set my DHCP range 192.168.2.xxx but these ip have 172.xxx.x.xxx or 192.168.1.xxx range I want to block them, how? I'm ...
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Can a server identify that I am using a modified user-agent? [duplicate]

I have a work laptop A that connects, via Google Chrome, to Google Workspace for access to things such as email, Google Drive, calendar, etc. The current IT policy is to block connections from ...
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How to spoof GPU vendor id and device id in VMWare?

I am trying to run a particular game in a VMWare machine (which is able to run many other games), but this game has an arbitrary check which prevents launching if the GPU you're using is unrecognized. ...
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Running into problems while spoofing IP Address

I have a Ubuntu machine and I want to send spoofed IP address (.212) to a Windows machine. I am using a spoofing program for this which uses raw sockets. 192.168.1.185 - My machine's IP (Ubuntu) 192....
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Temporary DNS spoofing - Cause and strategy against

Scenario: A hardware router is used to connect a network to the Internet. The router uses the ISP's DNS servers and features an up-to-date firmware (no vulnerabilities known). DNS caching is disabled. ...
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internet disconnects after cloning MAC in Ubuntu 14.10

Whenever I connect the LAN cable to my new laptop, there is connection, but the web is not accessible due to MAC mismatch (my old laptop's MAC is registered with my ISP). When I spoof the MAC address ...
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Windows 8 Force MAC Address Spoof

Just to make this short, I've tried almost everything I found on Google to spoof my MAC addres (Registry, SMAC, NetworkAdress in Adapter Settings, etc.) and none worked. This is because of something I ...
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Spoof MAC without limitation in Windows 8?

I am able to change my MAC to anything in Kali Linux, but not in Windows? It needs to be changed to 50:b7:c3:3d:1c:b6. I tried using SMAC and no luck. I heard there were limits on what I can change it ...
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How can I (really) change my browser identification (user agent AND javascript attributes)? [duplicate]

A website can get information about your browser and system via several methods: user agent, javascript attributes (like navigator.platform), profiling by testing avalaible browser features (...
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Issues with IP address when changing MAC address

Whenever I spoof my MAC address the WiFi fails to acquire IP automatically and I have to set it manually. My original MAC address is blocked on the network. Please help me, I'm facing IP address ...
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Email Spoofing - Bounce back messages

A client of mine (onto my mail server) receive back some bounces for mails that he haven't never sended to non-existent addresses. Of course, inspecting the header, the outgoing server isn't mine. I ...
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Change Windows 7/8 Wi-Fi Mac Address to custom value [duplicate]

I am trying to change MAC address of Atheros AR9485 wireless card on Windows 8 and i am facing a limitation, that possible MAC addresses that can be set for Wi-Fi card in Windows 8 are: X2-XX-XX-XX-...
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Generating Pretend Website Browsing Traffic

I need to automate simple HTTP(s) web browsing traffic, visiting a variety of random sites. Current off-the-shelf solutions I have found are designed for increasing view counters or website testing. ...
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Spoofing Windows 7/8 Mac address with 00: manufacturer?

As I am sure everyone knows starting with Windows Vista, you are not able to spoof MAC address to something that starts with a 00: For a project I am doing I have to spoof it as starting with 00: I ...
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How do I eliminate IP Spoof errors in my Belkin security log?

Verified it's not coming directly from a certain computer on the network. What could be wanting to spoof the WAN besides the probable reply of malware? I can provide logs but not easy at the moment. ...
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Spoof USB vendor id / product id [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: change USB vendor id / product id I have a USB device that I need to spoof a copy of in windows. I was hoping you guys could point me to a program that would allow me to do ...
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bug spamming gmail contacts

So I'm completely out of my element here. I don't even know where to begin solving this. Two times in the past couple of days I have gotten long lists of mail delivery subsystem messages on my ...
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Use Nmap to send arbitrary data from spoofed address/port

For testing the error and timeout handling of a custom SIP stack, it is sometimes useful to send UDP packets from multiple source addresses (even ones that are assigned to other hosts) to the host ...
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Who does this IP belong to, possible spoofing attack?

I am currently using a TalkTalk router to access my home network. I've had issues previously with my connection being either slow or cutting out fully (not a common issue). I download XARP ...
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How would a hacker be able to spoof their IP when logging into a private FTP server?

If, somehow, someone gains access to one of the users on my FTP server, I would still be able to see their IP address and trace it to them. However, I fear that it might be possible for them to spoof ...
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How to find out whether my email account has been hijacked or spoofed?

I have an old university email account that, according to my alma mater, can only receive emails and forward them to another email address. I cannot even log in there and/or change the password, there ...
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How can I be sure that I get an authentic response of a requested IP address?

Normally you perform a login to your ISP using the given user credentials. You then get allocated an IP address and get access to their internal name servers, so that you can ask for a certain domain ...
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