Ian Dexter R. Marquez wrote: > On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 07:55, <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Mon, December 22, 2008 6:33 pm, Ian Dexter R. Marquez wrote: >>> OT: I did away with WEP and WPA2 altogether and left my WiFi open -- >>> less hassle, more, er, charitable (for neighbors who want to leech, >>> but no one ever does). ;) (For some reason, the Nokia phones at home >>> can't connect using these encryption.) >>> >> <snip> >> >> although WEP is pretty weak, its better than nothing. i have network shares >> that >> are pretty open and i am not yet ready to let anybody into the network. >> better a >> weak fence that i know is weak rather than nothing at all. :) > > Ah, I even left my pr0n shares open. Heh. Information needs to be free! ;) > > It may sound cavalier, but really, it's just a matter of keeping out > whatever needs to be kept out. For one, my "sensitive" files are not > shared anywhere -- they live off a USB disk mounted on demand, which > isn't often. Most photos and videos I have are stored "in the cloud", > and my so-called backups (I wonder how long it will take before DVDs > bit-rot) are stored in nifty cases. (And we print out the decent ones, > too. Nothing like having atoms instead of bits for nostalgic moments.) > > And my neighbors don't care about WiFi anyway. At least not for now, > as the DSL-to-household ratio around here is about one in ten (my very > unscientific guesstimate, though). > im not cavalier enough, or im just plain lazy. if only there is only pr0n and t0rrentz but some are items that i need to be in the home network until i am done with them because i shuffle between the machines erratically. usb might be doable if i remember to bring them always with me which is not always the case. and i dont keep my keys in my purontong when i am working in the house since most of the time it doesnt have any pockets. :)
i am treating my home network as an extension of my home. i don't leave my doors unlocked at all times and i would like to think that guests can only come in when invited. and i want to have the option to leave my files behind a flimsy deterrent the same way that my curtains give me the option to walk in my drawers if i want to (only theoretically speaking of course :D ). >> and nobody in my block is techie enough to leech much yet use a wireless >> connection. my neighbor thinks all computers are good for are spreadsheets, >> printmaster is the ultimate graphics program and a flash disk is a hard >> drive. >> :) > > Oh, don't get me started on Print Master. I used to write love letters > in Print Master (and its cohort Newsmaster and Quattro Pro) way back > when having 5.4" disk cases were cool. ;) > i remember our group making a christmas lantern made out of the 5.4" sleeves, a small bottle of rugby, and a small length of string. :D <snip> ciao! -- "Programming, an artform that fights back" Anuerin G. Diaz Registered Linux User #246176 Friendly Linux Board @ http://mandrivausers.org/index.php http://ramfree17.net/capsule , when you absolutely have nothing else better to do _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
