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Pragma · 12-10-2003, 06:05 AM

Agreed, Meph. Just because getting in is so easy doesn't make it any less illegal - which is something a lot of people need to remember.

"But it's just as easy as walking into the AP's coverage area and turning on my laptop" - still illegal, don't do it without permission.

From the other perspective, you've got a lot of clueless people with computers out there. However, there's things that can be done - WEP, WPA, VPNs, (L)EAP, RADIUS, IPSec, etc.

The problem is that currently a lot of it is too complicated for your average users - there needs to be some kind of software breakthrough to get high-security methods to the home user - and turned on by default.

12-10-2003, 06:05 AM	#17 (permalink)
Pragma I am Winter Born Location: Alexandria, VA	Agreed, Meph. Just because getting in is so easy doesn't make it any less illegal - which is something a lot of people need to remember. "But it's just as easy as walking into the AP's coverage area and turning on my laptop" - still illegal, don't do it without permission. From the other perspective, you've got a lot of clueless people with computers out there. However, there's things that can be done - WEP, WPA, VPNs, (L)EAP, RADIUS, IPSec, etc. The problem is that currently a lot of it is too complicated for your average users - there needs to be some kind of software breakthrough to get high-security methods to the home user - and turned on by default. __________________ Eat antimatter, Posleen-boy!