to anser the ques posted
if its randm then it woud be harder for virgin to se people scaning
'also can you add a second part of the mac ass wel ?'
coment was trying to say that the softwar scans 0-ff for the last part of the mac, does the scaner use any other part of the mac ?
i hav ben reading the posts on this forum and doing sum google work and found that a mac is the format aaaa.bbbb.cccc and the scaner uses the last 2 cs changin them ?
could you also change other parts of the mac to ? like all the c part ?
i did sum workings and found that it woud be 65536 diferent overal values, that is ALOT! so also may need to slow things down or some other advanced method.
Box
the next release will use a random algorithm, but i wont be stating the algorithm in an open post.
in the current beta the first 5 bytes of the base mac are used and the last byte is bruteforced from 0-0xff starting with a random starting point.
a mac is in the format AA:AA:AA:BB:BB:BB
AA:AA:AA being the manufacturers code and BB:BB:BB being the serial number (id)
the scanner uses only the last byte so its 0-255 (0xff), using the last two bytes 0-65535 (0xffff) in a bruteforce would take about 45min with constant sending. you could randomise them and slow it down but it will still stick out like a sore thumb.
what could be done instead is 255 random values within the range of 0-65535. theres no point bruteforcing the first 3 bytes as certain areas only use certain manufactured modems. so we only have the last 3 bytes to play with.
ive discussed the next releases algorithm with nozzer and benchould and its very clever, so although i very much do appreciate everyones input into the scanning procedure (and boxclever you are very much on track with what you say) the algorithm is closed off from public discussion.
im not trying to be a smartarse in a sort of "this is my app, so up ya arse", the reason is that many ppl have suggested ways for bruteforcing and many have completely overlooked the impact it will have on VM's network, so i decided to close it off from public discussion.
@BoxClever, seeing as you have put effort into researching this, i will PM u with more details of the next pre-release as soon as its available?