RE: Re: Interlopers on the WLAN

["Moody, Thomas (Contractor) (DDC)" <tmoody () ddc dla mil>]

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Roger,

The point I was trying to make is that, if you are going to implement
a wireless network and NOT implement any security measures that would
be as dumb as leaving the door of a business open.  I am quite aware
of war driving and it implications, and that is exactly why security
in multiple layers must be applied.

* -----Original Message-----
* From: Roger Marquis [mailto:marquis () roble com]
* Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 12:05 AM
* To: firewall-wizards () honor icsalabs com
* Subject: [fw-wiz] Re: Interlopers on the WLAN
* 
* 
* "Moody, Thomas (Contractor) (DDC)" wrote:
* > I would have to agree with Al on this one.  Not 
* implementing security
* > measures, is like leaving the front door to a store open 
* after hours.
* 
* Bad analogy.  Most third party WLAN access is done "off-site" in
* publicly accessible areas such as streets and parking lots.  Neither
* is there an unlocked door, nor any door for that matter, much less
* means by which a war driver might distinguish between unsecured
* private networks and open community networks.
* 
* > The fact that someone just 'waltzes' in and steals all your 
* goods does
* > not mean that a crime was not committed.
* 
* It's my impression that most war driving is done for general
Internet
* access.  As such nothing is stolen but unused bits.  I know when I
* drive around with the 5db antenna my only goal is to check email
* (via IPSEC and a single IP ACL).
* 
* > However, the owner would be
* > looked at rather as rather stupid if he ran a business in such a
* > fashion.
* 
* If buildings were constructed such that they had no doors or locks
* and were built across property lines there might be some merit to
* this argument but that's not the case.  It's just electromagnetic
* radiation broadcast well beyond the originator's property.
* 
* -- 
* Roger Marquis
* Roble Systems Consulting
* http://www.roble.com/
* 
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