On Fri, 29 May 2020 13:21:45 -0400 Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> wrote:
> On Friday 29 May 2020 13:00:58 David Wright wrote: > > > On Fri 29 May 2020 at 18:49:26 (+0300), Andrei POPESCU wrote: > > > On Vi, 29 mai 20, 14:26:25, Joe wrote: > > > > On Fri, 29 May 2020 15:25:16 +0300 Andrei POPESCU > <andreimpope...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > And what would the advantage of RADIUS be over WAP2-PSK, for > > > > > Gene's use-case? > > > > > > > > I believe he is using passwords and his unwanted user can crack > > > > them. I agree it isn't clear whether he is using WPA or WPA2. I > > > > don't know the current state of play with cracking WPA2-PSK. > > > > > > Gene mentioned several times (in completely unrelated threads) > > > that he keeps the wireless turned off, because apparently his > > > neighbour is able to steal his internet more or less instantly. > > > > > > No mention whatsoever was made about what (if any!) wireless > > > security option is in use. It might as well have been WEP (which > > > is known to be crackable for many years now) or none. > > > > > > Or it might have been some incompetent or malicious[1] website > > > using up Gene's internet and the neighbour is inocent. Or a > > > download script stuck in a loop, or... etc. > > > > > > Occam's razor suggests Gene will be just fine with WPA2-PSK. > > > > > > [1] see Hanlon's razor > > > > Perhaps something is explained by > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2019/05/msg01315.html > > but I couldn't understand any of > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2020/05/msg00736.html > > > > Cheers, > > David. > > Obviously then you have never "reset" firefox. That makes it a brand > new install, clearing ALL your passwds and logins and restoring ALL > its defaults. I still do not have full access to my bank although > online purchases are working. It did NOT warn me of that 'side' > effect. So yes, I'm pi$$ed, I've had to do new passwd resets at all > the places I do business with. And while chromium has remembered a > few of the renewed ones, it is not saving them all. And I've yet to > decipher why. So I need to pull down a whole slew of post-it notes > and put up new ones. I'm using a password manager (KeePass2) with database backups rather than having a browser save them. I always consider all browsers to have fallen into enemy hands... > > You might try installing Midori as a backup. It's not nearly as capable as Firefox, but it can deal with many JS-based sites. I keep it because I've known it to render sites that Firefox was having trouble with. Comes with DuckDuckGo as default search, but that's easy to change. -- Joe