Andy Medina typed the following on 7/11/2006 1:18 PM:
On Tue, 11 Jul 2006, Pete Holsberg wrote:
Forgive my ignorance, but logging in to what via the
network? I suppose a good example would be a wireless
network with no security. A person could connect to that
network and use it to connect to the Internet, but what
could he do on the LAN that the WAP is connected to?
How do you think you access shared resources (files/folders
and/or printers) on a lan? By magic?
But what does logging in have to do with printers and file
sharing? (I've obviously got a big gap in my knowledge here. :-))
I don't understand how your answer relates to my questions.
1) When you log in via the network, what do you log in to?
2) If a person gained access to your wireless gateway/cable modem
via an unsecured wireless access point, what could he do to the
computers on the LAN?
Thanks.
--
Pete Holsberg
Columbus, NJ
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot
save the few who are rich."
-- John F. Kennedy
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