[96301] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Open WiFi Access Point BCP's???
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jerry Dixon)
Fri Apr 27 19:38:21 2007
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From: "Jerry Dixon" <jerry@jdixon.com>
To: "Brandon Galbraith" <brandon.galbraith@gmail.com>,
"MARLON BORBA" <MBORBA@trf3.gov.br>
Cc: "Deepak Jain" <deepak@ai.net>, <nanog@merit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <366100670704271621y46dae3abnd67ee5056a04b299@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:33:59 -0400
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You can visit the US-CERT website at =
http://www.us-cert.gov/reading_room/ for overview and recommendations =
on wireless.
Jerry
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From: Brandon Galbraith=20
To: MARLON BORBA=20
Cc: Deepak Jain ; nanog@merit.edu=20
Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: Open WiFi Access Point BCP's???
On 4/27/07, MARLON BORBA <MBORBA@trf3.gov.br> wrote:
If you want to follow just one rule, it's this:-
Instruct your users to never (I mean NEVER) use applications which =
run
over unencrypted protocols.
Security first.
Abra=C3=A7os,
Indeed. If you know ahead of time unencrypted 802.11(whatever) is =
going to be used, *always* use a VPN or tunnel of some sort to secure =
your traffic (if the apps you'll be using have no native encryption).
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=3Ddeepak@ai.net=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Open WiFi Access =
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BCP's???</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>On 4/27/07, <B class=3Dgmail_sendername>MARLON =
BORBA</B> <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:MBORBA@trf3.gov.br">MBORBA@trf3.gov.br</A>> wrote:
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you want to follow just one rule, it's this:-<BR><BR>Instruct your =
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first.<BR><BR><BR>Abra=C3=A7os,<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR>Indeed. =
If you know=20
ahead of time unencrypted 802.11(whatever) is going to be used, =
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VPN or tunnel of some sort to secure your traffic (if the apps you'll =
be using=20
have no native encryption).<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>
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