Michael Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the following thing: > 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.
Yep I will vouch for that. Last night I was on a 1/2hr train ride with my lappy open, and came across hundreds of APs, over half of them open. It's quite fun to just sit and watch them roll by the screen as the train goes past. BB -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
