I see it all the time, and always try and join it with my non-primary machine (if I am carrying it) just for fun.
J On Oct 18, 2010, at 3:13 PM, Paul M. Moriarty wrote: > The real reason is a lot less interesting, it seems. > > http://voices.washingtonpost.com/blog-post/2010/10/free_public_wifi_does_not_exis.html > > On Oct 17, 2010, at 12:29 PM, Paul Ferguson wrote: > >> On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 12:15 PM, Robert Slade <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> OK, maybe this is way old news for a lot of you, but I'd never come across >>> it. I've always seen "Free Public Wifi," of course, especially in >>> airports. (In fact, I'm sitting in YVR right now. Oddly, I *don't* see >>> "Free Public Wifi" right now, although someone is advertising "Drew's >>> 17inch laptop.") I've never tried to connect to it, of course: I *do* know >>> the difference between "Unsecured wireless network" and "Unsecured >>> computer-to-computer network." I've always vaguely wondered if there were >>> some great conspiracy of air travelling blackhats who were trying to sniff >>> credentials in airport lounges and gate areas. >>> >> >> Probably, yes. :-) >> >> - ferg >> >> -- >> "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson >> Engineering Architecture for the Internet >> fergdawgster(at)gmail.com >> ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. >> https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec >> Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. > > > _______________________________________________ > Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. > https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec > Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. -- Joel Esler http://www.joelesler.net _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
