gazetteextra.com— Typical "mainstream news looks into the world of wardriving by sending a reporter to do a ride along" article.
Sep 24, 2006View in Crawl 4
heh, yeh rather plane and outdated, but it was unbiased and informative. I could show this to people i know hadn't heard of this and may never if i don't show it to them
This is a weak article and the reporter is an idiot. So in response, I will simply NOT digg the article. I'm glad some of you were amused by it or the nostalgia, therefore I will NOT mark it as lame and attempt to bury it.
It's okay, in return the neighbor have hidden a spy cam in your bathroom. I think you should avoid googling your name, though, you would not be very pleased by the search results.
All someone has to do to break your access-list like that is to change their MAC address to one that's on the allowed list. More importantly than who's accessing it, is what information is carried. If your network is unencrypted, someone can just sniff your traffic as it flies through the air. A lot of things, like say, some instant messenger conversations are unencrypted, ready for the viewing of anyone who cares to see.Most people "break in" to machines when the users basically leave everything open on the network... free access to the printer, access to documents, writeable folders, things like that. If you keep your network services down (turn off sharing and such), for all intents and purposes, you'll be fine.Really, WEP isn't perfect, but it's more than enough for most people. The thing is, that although sure, you can break WEP with a little work, 99% of people won't. Why bother trying to break someones encryption when there are dozens of unsecure networks around? Unless you're the only one with a wireless connection in an entire zone, I'd be fine with just WEP.For the record, I use WPA on my personal network.. it's always a good idea to use the best that you've got avalible.
mamboSep 24, 2006
Thats considered main stream news?
itanshiSep 24, 2006
heh, yeh rather plane and outdated, but it was unbiased and informative. I could show this to people i know hadn't heard of this and may never if i don't show it to them
salmonizedSep 24, 2006
I'd call it...making the best use of available resources....
gib0rSep 24, 2006
@TwistTIM: or you could just link peopl to <a class="user" href="http://www.netstumbler.org">http://www.netstumbler.org</a>
Closed AccountSep 24, 2006
@tdhurstOnly with c**ktail in hand. Then it's true war-lounging. :)
drewskyjonesSep 24, 2006
This is a weak article and the reporter is an idiot. So in response, I will simply NOT digg the article. I'm glad some of you were amused by it or the nostalgia, therefore I will NOT mark it as lame and attempt to bury it.
Closed AccountSep 25, 2006
It's okay, in return the neighbor have hidden a spy cam in your bathroom. I think you should avoid googling your name, though, you would not be very pleased by the search results.
gonerSep 25, 2006
and you're gonna call the police when one of them beats your ass out by the garbage cans, right?
lozaningSep 25, 2006
do i really need to post the netstumbler log?
rotkivSep 25, 2006
yeah, they were doing stories like this on prime time news years ago.
nyanaSep 29, 2006
All someone has to do to break your access-list like that is to change their MAC address to one that's on the allowed list. More importantly than who's accessing it, is what information is carried. If your network is unencrypted, someone can just sniff your traffic as it flies through the air. A lot of things, like say, some instant messenger conversations are unencrypted, ready for the viewing of anyone who cares to see.Most people "break in" to machines when the users basically leave everything open on the network... free access to the printer, access to documents, writeable folders, things like that. If you keep your network services down (turn off sharing and such), for all intents and purposes, you'll be fine.Really, WEP isn't perfect, but it's more than enough for most people. The thing is, that although sure, you can break WEP with a little work, 99% of people won't. Why bother trying to break someones encryption when there are dozens of unsecure networks around? Unless you're the only one with a wireless connection in an entire zone, I'd be fine with just WEP.For the record, I use WPA on my personal network.. it's always a good idea to use the best that you've got avalible.
nyanaSep 29, 2006
Actually, you'd be clogging the tubes.