Re: proving a wireless router is shared/open

[<phaseone () sio midco net>]

you could use a tool like airsnort or netstumbler to scan the wireless
LAN ---Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve" <securityfocus () delahunty com>
To: <security-basics () securityfocus com>
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 2:59 PM
Subject: proving a wireless router is shared/open


> Have an odd situation where we want to prove that a wireless router is
being
> shared by a bunch of people, that is not restricted in any way, so the ISP
> bandwidth is being used by a groupof folks that should not be on the
> router/ISP.  I cannot give more details.  But, how would you prove such a
> thing if you had to ask someone else to obtain this proof since you
yourself
> could not just walk up with your laptop and wireless NIC and jump on the
> wireless router?
>
>
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