This looks like a free service, and if so, then WEP wouldn't really be needed. I just hope that anyone who takes advantage of it for transmitting sensitive data uses a VPN.
-Tim On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 09:23, John Hebert wrote: > I think the BRLUG or any interested geek should be involved with this. I > plan to attend the next meeting in BR about this. I would like to know more > details about it but especially to find out how they plan to secure this or > even if they realize that WEP is not secure. > > I think it would be very cool for the BRLUG to demonstrate that WEP can be > broken. A possible result might be that lawyers (read: politicians, and > decision makers) will start to use PGP to encrypt email and dare I think it, > SSH to encrypt connections. > > John Hebert > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Adam J. Melancon > To: [email protected] > Sent: 7/10/03 9:22 AM > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] BR Advocate article about plan to put WI-FI > downtown > > I think this is cool. I have had some plans drawn up for about a year > now > to have the Vermilion Parish Library blanket downtown Abbeville with > WiFi. > Since we are providing the service, it would still have to be filtered, > but > I find that our filter doesn't block much it's not supposed to. I > totally > agree with the last line of the article too ""If there's one group that > is > always making money, even in a bad economy, it's lawyers,". Most of the > > useage here in abbeville, would probably be the lawyers downtown. I > would > also like to direct some signal over to the Coffee Tavern too, so I can > finally get some net access over there. ;) > > > > Adam J. Melancon > > > > > > ----Original Message Follows---- > From: John Hebert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > To: "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]> > CC: Technical Group <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [brlug-general] BR Advocate article about plan to put WI-FI > downtown > Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2003 15:23:08 -0500 > > Wow! The BRLUG should contact these individuals to offer our expertise. > Any > interest? > > John Hebert > > > PLAN COVERS DOWNTOWN WITH WI-FI > > An economic development official and some members of > > high-tech businesses have begun a push to create a > > wireless, high-speed computer network covering all > > of downtown. > > > > If it happens soon, proponents told the Downtown > > Development District on Tuesday that Baton Rouge > > would be among the leading edge of cities with > > wireless Internet access -- known as Wi-Fi -- > > available from anywhere in its central business > > district. > > > > "Wi-Fi is the perfect way to put Baton Rouge on the > > map," said Don Powers, executive director of the > > Capital Region Competitive Strategy, The Chamber of > > Greater Baton Rouge's economic development > > initiative for various targeted industries. > > > > > http://www.2theadvocate.com/stories/070903/bus_wifi001.shtml > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
