[ale] About Wireless Connectivity

[Thomas Holmquist]

Hmmm, how secure are these easy networking M$ kits? Is WEP on on default?

Greg wrote:

>Great!!! - I have some root kits that I would like to try out.  I can tell
>if they work by noticing how much later the lights are on in the persons
>house as they try to rebuild their systems.  I grade their success on how
>late they stay up.  Do you have any IP's of these root-kit-beta-testers I
>can have ?  and I apologize in advance if anyone's systems are attacked from
>them.  I normally harden a system after I crack it so that once I own it ,it
>*stays mine* and mine only.  I figure it's the least I can do for them for
>testing out my root kits and allowing me to use their PC's.  Making
>SETI at home as the #1 process along with doing some protein molecule folding
>for my favorite KSU Chem Dept friends is a lot better use of my neighbors
>PC's then them messing around with their trivial work or playing solitaire.
>Of course, I just assume that if there are any credit card #'s on their
>system that it is because the root-kit-beta-testers want to pay me for my
>efforts.  Ditto for any home-made pr0n pics (always good for a laugh around
>the water cooler w/ cow-orkers).
>
>ok, I better just say this since I know that there is at least one person
>reading this who needs a beating with a clue bat  I AM JUST KIDDING. REALLY.
>JUST KIDDING. SERIOUSLY.  (clue bat whap! whap! whap! ) I would *never*
>break into a neighbor's pc.  Really. Never.
>
>Totally unsigned
>(and totally un-wifi, AND secure)(whap! whap! Whap! .. can't ... stop ...
>der klue batten ...)
>
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jim
>>Popovitch
>>Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:20 PM
>>To: ale at ale.org
>>Subject: RE: [ale] About Wireless Connectivity
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Bob Toxen
>>>Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 8:57 PM
>>>
>>>Why SysAdmins don't turn on WEP?
>>>
>>>  1. Procrastination.
>>>  2. "My network won't be breached."
>>>  3. Dunno know how and cannot be bothered to learn.
>>>
>>>      
>>>
>>4. Don't care.
>>
>>
>>A lot of people have nothing to hide and really really really
>>don't care if
>>someone else snoops in on their network life.  Their worst fear
>>is not that
>>someone will use their wireless network in some fraudulent way.
>>Seriously,
>>there are a lot of people who (in their words) have more
>>important things to
>>deal with than network security.
>>
>>-Jim P.
>>
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