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Re: Wireless ISPs
From: Scott Taylor <security () 303underground com>
Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 15:05:09 -0600
On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 13:46, D B wrote:
They claim the internet is insecure anyway so they wont use it.
<much else deleted> I do a great deal of wardriving in order to map out my coverage area. In doing this, I happen to get a lot of data captured. And a pretty good portion of the WEP-protected networks happen to get cracked by wepattack in under a minute. I don't even go back to see if I can snoop more of their data, but just having this huge list of networks of people that have a false sense of security because they turned on WEP is a great motivational device to get people to think about how they send data. Sure static WEP stops the super casual wardrivers, but it doesn't take much effort on my part to get these keys. On my own server, TLS and SSL are options for smtp and pop3. Customers who do not bother with the 2 seconds it takes to check "encrypt when possible" have been warned and deserve to have their email captured. I have no sympathy. Any network admin at an isp your data crosses can capture your wired data and any kid with a laptop can capture data flying thru the air. Period. Deal with it. Thats why I use ssh, ssl, and tls for anything important. Encryption tools are free. Use them. -- Scott Taylor - <security () 303underground com> Langsam's Laws: (1) Everything depends. (2) Nothing is always. (3) Everything is sometimes. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
Current thread:
- Re: Wireless ISPs, (continued)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Frank Knobbe (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs D B (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Kurt Seifried (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs D B (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Chris Adams (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Sean Milheim (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Frank Knobbe (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Valdis . Kletnieks (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Maarten (May 11)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Xavier Beaudouin (May 12)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Scott Taylor (May 11)
- RE: Wireless ISPs Aditya, ALD [Aditya Lalit Deshmukh] (May 12)
- Re: Wireless ISPs Valdis . Kletnieks (May 12)
- RE: Wireless ISPs Michael Gargiullo (May 11)
- RE: Wireless ISPs Byron Copeland (May 11)
- RE: Wireless ISPs Jeff Workman (May 11)