Filed under: iPod Family, Hacks, Internet Tools, Security, iPhone

In the “use at your own risk” division, TUAW reader Carter P. wrote in asking, “Hey, I know that is a lot to ask, but would it be possible for you to build me a simple application? All I would like the app to do is to spoof a MAC address on my iPhone.” MAC addresses are Media Access Control identifiers that are used to distinguish one network adapter from another. Spoofing involves changing your hardware’s MAC address from one setting

to another. You can use spoofing to fix problems connecting to your ISP or to pop quiz your network firewall.

To help Carter out, I put together that iPhone/iPod touch utility. It prompts you to enter a new MAC address and soon after runs ifconfig en0 lladdr address. No further error checking is done so use the tool with all due caution.

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