A secured MAC address based Login System

Abstract

Wi-Fi an acronym for wireless fidelity is a wireless networking technology that allows computers and other devices to communicate over a wireless high speed Internet and utilizes one of the IEEE 802.11 wireless standards to achieve a wireless connection to a network. Every device has a unique MAC Address used for identifying devices connected over Wi-Fi. Since virtually every device now in the market is Wi-Fi capable, MAC address can be considered as a universal identifier. This paper proposes innovative approach to use the MAC Address as an authentication method.