[174944] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Marriott wifi blocking
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Mon Oct 6 10:46:53 2014
X-Original-To: nanog@nanog.org
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <87tx3igui6.fsf@mid.deneb.enyo.de>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 07:44:33 -0700
To: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
Cc: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces@nanog.org
On Oct 5, 2014, at 12:57 PM, Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:
> * Jay Ashworth:
>=20
>> It is OK for an enterprise wifi system to make this sort of attack
>> *on rogue APs which are trying to pretend to be part of it (same
>> ESSID).
>=20
> What if the ESSID is "Free Internet", or if the network is completely
> open? Does it change things if you have data that shows your
> customers can be duped even by networks with a non-colliding ESSID?
To the best of my knowledge, not under the current regulatory framework.
It=92s not considered harmful interference if the SSID isn=92t =
conflicting.
The fact that your users are stupid isn=92t license for you to attack =
someone else=92s network.
Owen
