David Dyer-Bennet wrote:
On Mon, July 19, 2010 09:09, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Jay Leafey wrote:
As far as the security of my home network goes, I get a giggle every time I scan for wireless networks at home. Mine is the ONLY network that I can reach that is encrypted.
Please - I've enabled WPA, whatever I can, on my ladyfriend's FIOS, and my own DSL, and push everyone else. It boggles my mind when I look for wireless networks in a residential neighborhood, and see so many that are just *open*.
On the other hand, Bruce Schneier does not really agree with you http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html.
Yeah, well, I'll talk to Bruce, next time he shows up at a con I'm at. I've *had* my IP blocked, and that was by, what, DNSORBS, or what was his name's thing, and what got blocked was the range of my ISP's range for the city. I also *do* worry about someone I know sending out crap having forged my email address, so, yeah, there's a lot of small-time nastiness out there, and so I *do* secure it as best I can.
I ought to email him, and see if he still feels that way.
There are two issues I see with wireless network security.
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It's certainly very handy to have access to wireless when I visit friends, go to parties, and so forth. I have an unsecured network of my own at home that I turn on for parties (fairly small bandwidth).
Right. If I trust someone to come over who wants to use a laptop/netbook, I trust 'em enough to hand them the WPA key. I *don't* trust a wardriver at all.
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