RE: Wireless Security

["Murda Mcloud" <murdamcloud () bigpond com>]

Absolutely John. However, I wonder if the 'listening' in of network
conversations would be similar to the legal point of not expecting privacy
in a public place. In fact, as far as I am aware, (US I think) you are
allowed to record conversations in public places without prior
consent/knowledge.
Do you think this might apply to the open network we're discussing here?
I'm not sure, I'd have to check...

-----Original Message-----
From: John Jasen [mailto:jjasen () realityfailure org] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2008 12:15 PM
To: Murda Mcloud
Cc: 'Yousef Syed'; 'Security Basics'
Subject: Re: Wireless Security

Murda Mcloud wrote:
> As a demo of what can be sniffed, why not setup kismet or similar and just
> see what you can find yourself-then you'll get an idea of what can be
> sniffed from your traffic.

Usual disclaimers apply. Namely make sure that the possession of 
sniffing tools is legal in your jurisdiction; make sure that the use of 
them is legal in your jurisdiction; and make sure that you have the 
appropriate authorizations to use them on whatever network you're using 
for research.


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