I have 2 in my neighborhood that are open but I refuse to look when I go to someones home at what the neighbors are doing. I feel it is not my business to advertise that someone is unsecured. I do on the other hand try to keep my clients safe and I am very thankful that someone started this thread. I am looking at securing mine but doubt I will be able to as it is about 3 to 5 years old now and listed as EOL by the manufacturer.
Jon On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Murray Freeman <[email protected]> wrote: > Another concer, but for people who don't have a WIFI, or who just like > to mooch, is the fake "Public WIFI" that are 'default' and unsecured. I > understand that these are used by unscrupulous people to capture > personal info. Every now and then, I see one of those in my > neighborhood. > > > Murray > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ben Scott [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: New Attack Cracks WPA in a Minute > > On Fri, Aug 28, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Jeff Brown<[email protected]> wrote: > > Seriously, what are the odds someone in your neighborhood is lurking > > around with the technology/desire to break into your home network? > > For a home network, the biggest threat is probabbly someone looking to > mooch Internet access. Possibly a criminal looking to cover their > tracks. (How would you like kiddie porn being traced to your IP > address?) These aren't targeted attacks; anyone will do. For this sort > of thing, the best countermeasure is to have a neighbor with a less > secure access point. Same principle as car alarms: Car alarms don't > make it impossible to steal your car; rather, they just make it easier > to steal the car parked next to yours. > > Targeted attacks seem a lot less likely for home networks. > > Certainly, some people/organizations scan for networks to break in to > for data mining purposes. I'd guess the most likely attack here would > actually come from someone looking for corporate networks (they > typically are of higher value). In this case, enacting sophisticated > countermeasures -- like turning off SSID broadcast -- might (*might*) > actually draw attention: Attackers scanning the area might see that as a > sign that your network has something to hide. > > I suppose someone could go looking for home networks to steal credit > card numbers, etc., that might be stored on home PCs, but that seems > unlikely. It's high risk (requires local physical presence) and offers > little reward, and there are much easier alternatives (spyware). > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
