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From: "James Knott"
Philipp Thomas wrote:
* James Knott (james.knott@rogers.com) [20080812 13:16]:
One belonging to a security company only uses WEP. I guess they're not fully up on security. ;-)
I wouldn't say that too loud, at least unless you've tried to hack that WLAN. Could be that the network is secured otherwise and only the outmost barrier is weak WEP.
Philipp
Their office is right across the hall from mine and the owner is not that sharp about computers etc, though he would know his business (property security). I'd be surprised if he had much more than WEP. Also, a friend of mine does a lot of work for doctors and find they often run WiFi without any encryption, because they don't know better. You'd think an industry that's supposed to protect patient's records would do something about this lack of security. I also have a coupple of friends who are psychologists. They routinely send records via email, without encryption and don't encrypt their disks etc. I have tried to advise both, but they're simply not interested. Another example of lack of knowledge is my own doctor's office, where though they had computers plugged into a UPS, they were plugged into the wrong side, getting only surge protection, while other devices were on the UPS side. Many people who need to know about security, simply don't or can't be bothered.
Wow I would so love to bring a clipboard with me on one of those visits and when you tell them the basic uncontestible facts of life, which aren't helped by ignoring, and they ignore it, pull out the clipboard and scribble a little on it and go "hmm, interesting. Why do you suppose that is? Is it that since you can not see or taste or smell the radio waves, electricity or the data modulated onto them, that you don't beleive they really exist or that they matter? Or maybe you feel guilty for taking patients money and so your subconscious leads you to place yourself in danger so that you'll get network-raped someday, and thereby suffer the punishment your subconscious feels you deserve? Or maybe you just don't like your job or your life and this is your way of bringing about a massive and wholesale major life change? Or is it something less obviously explicable like maybe you just beleive that the rent on your office space includes network fairies to protect your stuff?" heh :) -- Brian K. White brian@aljex.com http://www.myspace.com/KEYofR +++++[>+++[>+++++>+++++++<<-]<-]>>+.>.+++++.+++++++.-.[>+<---]>++. filePro BBx Linux SCO FreeBSD #callahans Satriani Filk! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org