[52285] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Wireless insecurity at NANOG meetings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (mike harrison)
Mon Sep 23 11:18:26 2002
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 10:48:21 -0400 (EDT)
From: mike harrison <meuon@highertech.net>
To: "alex@yuriev.com" <alex@yuriev.com>
Cc: "nanog@merit.edu" <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10209231002300.27174-100000@s1.yuriev.com>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
> > > 10-15 minutes. None of the doors of that class is in your house. Why do you
> > > have a door on your house?
> >
> > It keeps honest people honest, and opportunists from taking advantage of
> > easy opportunity.
>
> Thank you. Why is it different from putting even rudimentary security in
> place on the wireless LAN?
I think it does exactly the same thing... And... I just
opened up the wireless network at the local convention center
for a convention. Placards at the entrance advertise it's presence,
and that it is not secure. Reccomendations include NOT using plain POP
e-mail.. etc..
