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RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond!
From: "Noonan, Wesley" <Wesley_Noonan () bmc com>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2002 16:19:51 -0500
More fuel for the fire... http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1892000/1892510.stm Wes Noonan, MCSE/CCNA/CCDA/NNCSS Senior QA Rep. BMC Software, Inc. (713) 918-2412 wnoonan () bmc com http://www.bmc.com
-----Original Message----- From: Ron DuFresne [mailto:dufresne () winternet com] Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 05:03 To: Noonan, Wesley Cc: vuln-dev () securityfocus com; firewalls () lists gnac net Subject: RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Noonan, Wesley wrote:I have a buddy of mine in the UK who uses rogue AP's to access the netforfree. He uses this thing he calls a "cantenna" (essentially he cracksopenthe card and wires it to a metal milk carton) to boost the signal andrangeso that he can hit any of a number of APs in the area. Swears by it asthe"only way to access the net"...Wireless is going to be a big problem at many sites for sometime for sure. Rouge AP's should be covered in the sites security policy, as should all wireless toys and trinkets. Then again it seems the new nibda/code red issue of this summer is the M$ SQL prblem. Scans from infected systems on ports 1433 1434 are increasing at a dramatic pace this past week or two.... Thanks, Ron DuFresneWes Noonan-----Original Message----- From: Ron DuFresne [mailto:dufresne () winternet com] Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 22:12 To: vuln-dev () securityfocus com; firewalls () lists gnac net Subject: RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Computerworld has run a story, seems the concern about CVS andpetsmart isnot as worrysome for customer info, they only have their inventoryexposed<smile>: -- here's the CVS/PEYsMART storyhttp://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/technology/story/0,10801,71644,00.html As well as a really intereresting one on rogue APs:http://www.computerworld.com/mobiletopics/mobile/technology/story/0,10801,71656,00.html Thanks to: Bob Brewin wireelss reporter Computerworld For the URLs posted above. I'll be posting a web page to highlight any insecured wep relatedcustomerinformation issues folks find in their wireless mapping efforts. Weareasking that if you find a company with insecure wiless setups, toverifythat they are indeed pushing customer related info out the airwaves. Merely noting they are operating without wep enabled will not suffice. Those that send info for posting to the page listed below can eitherhavethat information posted anonymous or take credit for the information,justinclude your wish in the e-mail you send. Not asking to be givencreditand not asking to be anonymous will result in the information beingpostedanonymously. http://sysinfo.com/wirelessfewls.html Thanks, Ron DuFresne _______________________________________________ Firewalls mailing list Firewalls () lists gnac net For Account Management (unsubscribe, get/change password, etc) Pleasegoto: http://lists.gnac.net/mailman/listinfo/firewalls~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Cutting the space budget really restores my faith in humanity. It eliminates dreams, goals, and ideals and lets us get straight to the business of hate, debauchery, and self-annihilation." -- Johnny Hart ***testing, only testing, and damn good at it too!*** OK, so you're a Ph.D. Just don't touch anything.
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- RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Ron DuFresne (Jun 01)
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- RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Ron DuFresne (Jun 04)
- RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Noonan, Wesley (Jun 04)
- RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Ron DuFresne (Jun 04)
- RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Greg Hoare (Jun 04)
- wireless issues Ron DuFresne (Jun 13)
- RE: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Noonan, Wesley (Jun 04)
- Re: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Mark Rowe (Jun 13)
- Re: wireless woes in the triangle and beyond! Paul Cardon (Jun 13)