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Re: Marriott wifi blocking
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 13:23:02 -0400 (EDT)
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From: "Majdi S. Abbas" <msa () latt net>
I've seen this in a few places, but if anyone encounters similar behavior, I suggest the following: - Document the incident. - Identify the make and model of the access point, or controller, and be sure to pass along this information to the FCC's OET: http://transition.fcc.gov/oet/ Vendors really need to start losing their US device certification for devices that include advertised features that violate US law. It would put a stop to this sort of thing pretty quickly.
Majdi makes an excellent point, but I want to clarify it, so no one misses the important subtext: It is OK for an enterprise wifi system to make this sort of attack *on rogue APs which are trying to pretend to be part of it (same ESSID). It is NOT OK for an enterprise wifi system to make this sort of attack on APs which *are not trying to pretend to be part of it* (we'll call this The Marriott Attack from now on, right?) Rogue AP prevention is a *useful* feature in enterprise wifi systems... but *that isn't what Marriott was doing*. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
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- Re: Marriott wifi blocking, (continued)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Jay Hennigan (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Owen DeLong (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking David Cantrell (Oct 06)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Michael Van Norman (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Hugo Slabbert (Oct 03)
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- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Hugo Slabbert (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Jay Ashworth (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Daniel Seagraves (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Majdi S. Abbas (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Jay Ashworth (Oct 04)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Michael Thomas (Oct 04)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking SML (Oct 04)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Jimmy Hess (Oct 04)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Florian Weimer (Oct 05)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Jay Ashworth (Oct 05)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Owen DeLong (Oct 06)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Jay Hennigan (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Alexander Harrowell (Oct 06)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Jay Hennigan (Oct 03)
- Re: Marriott wifi blocking Owen DeLong (Oct 03)