On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 1:30 PM, G T Smith <grahamsmith@gandalfsemporium.homelinux.com> wrote:
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Mark Goldstein wrote:
On Thu, Dec 24, 2009 at 12:35 PM, G T Smith <grahamsmith@gandalfsemporium.homelinux.com> wrote:
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Stan Goodman wrote:
The LAN is not set for either WEP or WPA; neither is necessary in my situation.
The only situation where this is possibly a valid assumption is if and only if you are living in the middle of a desert without any external network connection. Otherwise this is the equivalent of leaving your credit card and password on your doorstop with a 'please take me' sign!
Not necessarily. This is what Bruce Schneier wrote two years ago (and he knows a thing or two about security):
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2008/01/my_open_wireles.html
Things have moved on a bit in in 2 years, and many of the assumptions made in this article are no longer valid if they were ever viable in the first place.
Unfortunately, the belief that being nice and offering the service for free is a good thing does not stand up for long when people have to pick up the bill for the services used, and the liability for the activities of those who use the service.
Well, I just said there might be different approaches. I also keep my WiFi router encrypted and still prefer not to use it for important things. But this is the opinion of an expert (and he re-cited it not once later). Regards, -- Mark Goldstein -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org