How to authenticate the user using the PC Mac address

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flamer
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How to authenticate the user using the PC Mac address

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Is it possible to only allow users to access my website with their PC Mac Address authentication? One's the user access my website, the mac address will be first check if it is a valid mac address before it will completely view my website. Or is it ideal to only use certificate authentication? Please advise if what's more secure? or just by using https instead of http? Thanks
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Re: How to authenticate the user using the PC Mac address

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If it's Intranet application - probably. The user's IP should be in the same network segment (i.e. no routers between the user and the WWW server).

If it's nternet - no, you can't. Why? Read this topic: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=89514

Also, this is a very bad idea - MAC address is extremely easy to be spoofed.
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Re: How to authenticate the user using the PC Mac address

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https alone without client certificate won't help you.
https with a client certificate and a user password is a good choice
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Re: How to authenticate the user using the PC Mac address

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Thanks, what would be the best solution to tighten my security?
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