-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 jdd schreef:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
A cracker can make his PC look like one of yours and connect, instantly.
that is a cracker can guess your wep key (don't ask me how :-(), at the moment lurking the net gives him the mac adresse of the various hosts.
at the moment one of these hosts stops, he can use the mac to get an ip, he can also share the IP (but it's probably marginally more difficult)
the problem is: why should a cracker do this on your network? If this was one of a big company or if your work is highly important, may be.
may be also an evil neigbor
I beg some sort of malfunction is more likely to happen...
jdd
I guess also, i have no valuable secrets stored on the pc's, nor am i rich. My house is not protected, there is no need, most people are to afraid to come by at night. If one would reach the house, he would stumble and fall, because there is no light, and it is full of rocks and trees. - -- Have a nice day, M9. Now, is the only time that exists. OS: Linux 2.6.22.5-10-default x86_64 Huidige gebruiker: monkey9@tribal-sfn2 Systeem: openSUSE 10.3 (X86-64) Beta3 KDE: 3.5.7 "release 58" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4-svn0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFG7ppcX5/X5X6LpDgRApqsAJ401F9bbcUz8lhYgLBUju/IuNykjQCgv6ZB m9o7jsZ2Y7DXfOWrm2COSoU= =1Kym -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org