On Mon, 4 Apr 2005 02:31 pm, Michael Fox wrote: > Interesting article; > > http://www.tomsnetworking.com/Sections-article111-page1.php > > Extract; > > Millions of wireless access points are spread across the US and the > world. About 70% percent of these access points are unprotected—wide > open to access by anyone who happens to drive by. The other 30% are > protected by WEP (Wired Equivalent Privacy) and a small handful are > protected by the new WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) standard.
I'd believe those stats too. I work 6 floors up in Pitt St (between Bathurst and Park Sts if anyone wants to know) and I can use 3 different, totally open WiFi networks that are not mine :) Thanks to 'Gill' (SSID) I recently downloaded the next release candidate for Kubuntu and some up-coming episodes of Stargate Atlantis :P War drive the CBD sometime - it's just plain scarey! There are 2 other networks I can see but the S/N ratio is pretty low and they are secured anyway (one is WEP, the other WPA as best I can make out - both use MAC level filtering by the look of thinngs too). James -- Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
