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Thread ID: 71930	2006-08-22 03:17:00	WiFi (mis)user caught ...	Graham L (2)	PC World Chat

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480018	2006-08-23 07:02:00	I ran it from Linux (I also use Linux fulltime), with FF/Adblock Plus/Filterset.G, so that may explain the lack of any action from the site. Sounds evil though, gotta remember that addy... On a completely different note (apologies for the hijack) have you ever managed to get ReiserFS working with knoppix (as the / partition)? Spent a couple of days trying to get knoppix to go (as a HDD install), but it didn't seem to boot with ReiserFS, and for some reason the HDD version couldn't see my network card (although the live version could).	Erayd (23)
480019	2006-08-23 10:26:00	Nah - my bandwidth at work is way better than what I'd get that way. None of the connections was particularly strong. I had a look a bit later and there were then 10 networks, with 4 unsecured. I don't know how big the companies were, but most folks seemed to name their network after their company, which is slack I think if you were a hacker looking for an in. One of the unsecured networks was a tertiary training organisation. Do an article in your esteemed publication. See how many you can surf the web on and get access to their internet network. You might be able to see, um, someones meeting schedule :eek:	dolby digital (5073)
480020	2006-08-23 10:31:00	I would be too nice to send them there. Being such a nice person I would send them to hppt://piv.pivpiv.dk/ or somewhere similar. Warning: if you use windows.. DON'T correct the link and go to that site Meh, I went, I saw, I left. No popups.	Metla (12)
480021	2006-08-23 15:33:00	I was just wondering what is the range like a modem/router like D-link 604GT which I think thats what mostly people use I always wonder what the range is for the wireless...	Ninjabear (2948)
480022	2006-08-23 16:04:00	Meh, I went, I saw, I left. No popups.dammit, will have to find another nice site to send them too. Goatse and Tubgirl are a lil too tame (spot he who hangs around IRC too much :p )	Myth (110)
480023	2006-08-23 22:48:00	There is a WiFi router showing in the neighbourhood, no security, no WEP, nothing. :waughh: I've set mine so that the router only accept the MAC address I've given to along with WEP.	SKT174 (1319)
480024	2006-08-23 23:05:00	There is a WiFi router showing in the neighbourhood, no security, no WEP, nothing . :waughh: I've set mine so that the router only accept the MAC address I've given to along with WEP . No point using WEP its pretty damm easy to crack, Toms Hardware even had a guide to cracking it . Most of the software to do its for Linux but theres a few avaliable for Windows . MAC address filtering and WPA are the best forms of wireless security .	Pete O'Neil (6584)
480025	2006-08-24 01:59:00	No point using WEP its pretty damm easy to crack, Toms Hardware even had a guide to cracking it. Most of the software to do its for Linux but theres a few avaliable for Windows. MAC address filtering and WPA are the best forms of wireless security. WEP is pretty weak but you have to capture quite a few packets to do so. On a small home network the rate of collection would require weeks of sniffing to break it. On a large business network with high traffic it's another issue. Are you aware that MAC addresses can be faked? All you need to do is obtain a valid MAC (If you've broken the encryption you can get this by sniffing) and set your card to use the same one. Obviously the other computer with the same MAC should not be connected at the same time :). If you want really good security don't encrypt the network. Set up a VPN server as the only computer accessible from the network and have all your connections go through that. This way you get fine-grained user control (no disgruntled ex-employees can get access), valid network users have no ability to sniff other users' connections, and if you use SSL certificates you can reduce password leaks. If a user loses their certificate (i.e. by losing their laptop or PDA), you can revoke it and issue another one without having to change anything for the other users.	TGoddard (7263)
480026	2006-08-24 08:23:00	If you want really good security don't encrypt the network. Set up a VPN server... Are you talking about a wired network here? If you want security on a wireless network you must encrypt all traffic between clients and the access point. The best way to do this is IPsec and firewall filtering (i.e., only correctly encrypted packets are accepted). This is of course, a VPN in all but name.	vinref (6194)
480027	2006-08-24 17:21:00	This kinda amazes me . . . there was a Leo Leporte article on the problems with securing a wireless . . . The facts, as he put it, are that if everyone did the right thing and secured their wireless, then there'd be no room for everyone to run theirs . According to him, if you encrypt your connections (I am lost at that idea), then you just freeze out another chunk of ethernet for everyone in the range of your signal . . . making access for others less of a choice . Stating that if no-one secured their connection, there'd be a lot more and many free-r bandwidth chunks for all to use . Any comments? I use wired connections all the way . . . I live in a high-density residency here and the thought of sharing bandwidth with a few neighbors is not what I want to do . A friend uses bluetooth for his cellphone-in-the-ear thing, and he cannot use it in metropolitan areas for the congestion and cross-talk he gets from other users . Even on the freeways, he has to be careful as he picks up a lot of other conversations and interference from other drivers using their hands-free units . I occasionally get some strange crosstalk from cellphones and in-car bluetooth things thru my 11 meter 2-way radios . I know they're on very different freqs and although I am analog, I get a lot of QRM from digitals . . . they seem to splatter a lot . :confused:	SurferJoe46 (51)
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