On Sun, 10 Apr 2005, Martin Underwood wrote:

"TheOneKEA" wrote in message
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Robin Mayes wrote:

Yes, please don't try to hack into it.

British security at its finest!

Er, it seems that the OP's post would indirectly encourage such
activities simply by existing, disregarding any actions on the OP's
part.

Hopefully it will be shut down ASAP.

Presumably if the wireless LAN has been configured sensibly, it will reject
any "casual" attempts to connect to it:

- don't broadcast SSID
- only allow connections from PCs with specific MAC addresses (listed)

Figleaves.

- WPA security

Effective.

(or at the very least 128-bit WEP)

Admittedly fairly large figleaf.

A quick drive by my local industrial estate today (with TCP disabled on
my laptop to avoid accidental connection!) showed a surprising number of
visible networks with SSID visible and a few with no encryption. I
resisted the temptation... ;-)

There was a recent article - BBC News, i think - about the density of
unsecured wireless networks in central London; the specific examples were
ones in inns of court, a judge's office, and the MoD. TfL, though - that
could cause *real* disruption.

tom

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