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Re: Wireless insecurity at NANOG meetings


From: alex () yuriev com
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 09:47:06 -0400 (EDT)



At 06:41 PM 9/22/2002 -0400, William Allen Simpson wrote:
...  But, it is still the only
Access Control widely available.  So, it should be used, in addition to
the better methods.

Using a supposed security mechanism that is known to be essentially useless 
does nothing but lull people into a false sense of security.

Rubbish. 

There are only two or three types of locks that cannot be picked from the
outside by a lockpicker within 10-15 minutes. None of those locks is on your
outside door. Why do you bother to lock your house?

There is only one class of door designs that cannot be broken through in
10-15 minutes. None of the doors of that class is in your house. Why do you
have a door on your house?


Alex


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