[52276] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wireless insecurity at NANOG meetings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Lockhart)
Mon Sep 23 09:53:19 2002
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:52:41 +0100
From: Simon Lockhart <simonl@rd.bbc.co.uk>
To: alex@yuriev.com
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10209230944310.27174-100000@s1.yuriev.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon Sep 23, 2002 at 09:47:06AM -0400, alex@yuriev.com wrote:
> There are only two or three types of locks that cannot be picked from the
> outside by a lockpicker within 10-15 minutes. None of those locks is on your
> outside door. Why do you bother to lock your house?
Someone stood at your front door with lock picking tools for more than a
couple of minutes is going to arouse suspicion, and hopefully cause someone
to call the police.
Someone sat in the hotel lobby with a powerful laptop isn't going to cause
anyone to look twice, at a NANOG conference.
Simon
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