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Re: 23,000 IP addresses
From: Ken Chase <ken () sizone org>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 10:32:18 -0400
On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 09:56:56AM +0800, Ong Beng Hui said:
while, I am not a lawyer, so what after they know who is using that broadband connection for that IP. So, they have identified the 80yr old, what next ? and what if i have a free-for-all wireless router in my house which anyone can tap on, which i regularly switch off during nighttime for energy saving reason. :)
Simple. Just make having clue on configuring your wifi AP a legal requirement. :) Sides, since WPA is cracked now too, to some extent, i dont think most APs have any sort of guaranteed protection. Hell, it's better to leave it wide open, as having the prosecution accuse you of child porn because you used a hard-but-crackable WPA2 ("it's one in a billion to crack it! beyond a reasonable doubt! we dont have anyone anywhere in our IT who could possibly crack it!") instead of WEP or wide open seems like a greater pitfall. What about projects like http://NoCat.net - will they be made illegal? That's going to be an awesome can of worms. /kc -- Ken Chase - ken () heavycomputing ca skype:kenchase23 +1 416 897 6284 Toronto Canada Heavy Computing - Clued bandwidth, colocation and managed linux VPS @151 Front St. W.
Current thread:
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses, (continued)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Kevin Oberman (May 10)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Steven Bellovin (May 10)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Bill Bogstad (May 10)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Claudio Lapidus (May 10)
- RE: 23,000 IP addresses Keith Medcalf (May 11)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Roland Perry (May 11)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Michael Painter (May 10)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Steven Bellovin (May 10)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Ong Beng Hui (May 10)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Ken Chase (May 11)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Michael Holstein (May 11)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Wil Schultz (May 10)
- Re: 23,000 IP addresses Steven Bellovin (May 10)