Dear Elpidio, We have all along known about this problem. There are plenty of tools available which sniff wireless networks and can even attempt to break the security to get in.
If you are using wireless, you have to have a tunnel working ;-) Regards. Arjun Asthana [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2004-03-05 09:19:12 First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. --Mahatma Gandhi ======= At 2004-03-04, 14:40:00 Elpidio Latorilla [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ======= >At the Care's meeting in Flensburg, the youngest speaker (15 years old) did a >live demo on how to snoop on email communications in wireless networks. >Honestly, I got a bit scared as the email messages being captured went >flashing on the screen. > >A bit of paranoia can be healthy (for data privacy). > >elpidio > > >On Wednesday 03 March 2004 02:09, J. Antas wrote: >> That is also a subject to keep an eye in the hospital environment. >> It is so easy (and fast too) to insert a keychain WiFi device in a USB >> port. These devices are now widely available at prices as low as �40. >> And, as some of us know well, most of the time USB ports get no >> attention to security issues whatsoever. > > > >------------------------------------------------------- >This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials >Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of >GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system >administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click >_______________________________________________ >Care2002-developers mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id70&alloc_id638&op=click _______________________________________________ Care2002-developers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/care2002-developers
