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From: David Empson on 3 Jan 2010 20:02
Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote:

> On 03/01/2010 22:17, Tim McNamara wrote:
> > In article
> > <a0e5a66a-5eb9-4a75-b31b-7c35f0da6ef8(a)j19g2000yqk.googlegroups.com>,
> > Cori<cmashieldscapting(a)hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> There is an Application called ChangeMAC which is very much like what
> >> was recommended before--to disguise from the PC users that you are
> >> using a Mac. Trouble is, it can't have been that, or if it was it
> >> was an earlier version I now can't find, as the current version is
> >> for OS X 10.5 or higher.
> >
> > It can't have been that under any version. A MAC address has nothing to
> > do with the IP address of a Mac (note the capitalizations differences:
> > MAC does not equal Mac(intosh)).
>
> It's the ethernet address of the interface, basically a 48-bit number.
> I'm recalling that the first 24 bits indicate the vendor and the other
> 24 bits were unique to the interface as the vendor built them.

For vendors larger than hobbyists, yes.

> Vendor 24-bits originally issued by Xerox but someone else now, I think.

IEEE.

They sell Organisationally Unique Identifiers (OUI, a unique 24-bit
number, corresponding to 16 million MAC addresses) for about US$1000.

They also sell blocks of 1024 addresses for about US$300. Not cost
effective if you may sell more than 3000 products.

--
David Empson
dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz
From: Cori on 4 Jan 2010 00:32
On Jan 3, 3:24 pm, JF Mezei <jfmezei.spam...(a)vaxination.ca> wrote:
> For the purposes of ending this thread (as opposed to helping someone
> evade blocks):  PROXY SERVER.
>
> Google should tell him more about it.

Yes, but there are a trillion of them, ranging from free to $100.00,
and ranging from fast to slow! Isn't there a recommended one?

Cori
From: Cori on 4 Jan 2010 00:34
On Jan 3, 3:35 pm, dog_...(a)macgui.com (D Finnigan) wrote:
> Cori wrote:
>
> > AND that he is a Macintosh user, "they" might figure out it is *him.*
>
> Does he visit a PC forum? ;-)

Yer wicked! I love it! Yes, most of them are by definition PC
users. They also think they're politically correct, and it's easy to
get in trouble!

Cori
From: JF Mezei on 4 Jan 2010 01:07
Cori wrote:

> He's only blocked from one, and he posts there only enough to maintain
> his account. Thing is, his ISP gives away what region of the country
> he is from just for starters. He wants to surf in anonymity as well
> as continue access to this message board where there have been some
> creative differences.


Look for "proxy server". You'll have to do the rest of your homework to
help your friend
From: JF Mezei on 4 Jan 2010 01:29
Cori wrote:

> Yes, but there are a trillion of them, ranging from free to $100.00,
> and ranging from fast to slow! Isn't there a recommended one?

Let your friend do his homework and choose the proxy service that works
for him.
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