This was posted on the Hants lug if anybody is interested.
Tim
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Hi Guys,
It's been years since I last posted on here at all but I'm in a bit of a
bind looking for a good support engineer for our team.
Key skills are of course Linux but also some
On 07/02/17 09:02, PeterMerchant via dorset wrote:
On 06/02/17 16:19, Terry Coles wrote:
Hi,
I have just installed a shiny new Netgear VSDL Router to replace the
never
updated Plusnet supplied one.
The main reasons that I bought it is that the Plusnet router has the
above
mentioned lack of
On 07/02/17 09:40, Terry Coles wrote:
On Monday, 6 February 2017 16:19:26 GMT Terry Coles wrote:
I have just installed a shiny new Netgear VSDL Router to replace the never
updated Plusnet supplied one.
The main reasons that I bought it is that the Plusnet router has the above
mentioned lack of
On Monday, 6 February 2017 16:19:26 GMT Terry Coles wrote:
> I have just installed a shiny new Netgear VSDL Router to replace the never
> updated Plusnet supplied one.
>
> The main reasons that I bought it is that the Plusnet router has the above
> mentioned lack of security patches and the
Hi,
It's the pub meet tonight at The Broadway, 8pm-ish. For those that
haven't been before look out for a flip of laptops or Terry's stuffed
penguin.
http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=meetings%3Apub
http://dorset.lug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id=members#terry_coles
We are often to
On 06/02/17 16:19, Terry Coles wrote:
Hi,
I have just installed a shiny new Netgear VSDL Router to replace the never
updated Plusnet supplied one.
The main reasons that I bought it is that the Plusnet router has the above
mentioned lack of security patches and the inability to filter on MAC
Hi Terry,
> Patrick wrote:
> > Determining and spoofing the MAC address and SSID is totally
> > feasible.
>
> But probably not by an up and coming geek.
It's pretty easy due to programs like
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kismet_(software) and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircrack-ng
I'd expect
Hi Patrick,
> That is interesting to consider. I wonder how the psychology works
> out. Are hidden networks "off the radar", or do they look like juicier
> targets, because somebody is trying to hide them?
I could imagine the latter. When faced with N networks to attack and
limited resources,
Hi Terry,
> > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_cloaking
>
> I'm assuming that you're refering to the following extract:
>
> 'Worse still, because a station must probe for a hidden SSID, a fake
> access point can offer a connection.'
>
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't that fake AP
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