I recently put wireless in a single dorm and found over 30 of these. Am blocking them as fast as I can find them.
Has anyone found a more effective way of dealing with this problem. -jcw > To: WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU > From: Lee Badman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:17:32 -0500 > Subject: [WIRELESS-LAN] SSID of "Free Public WiFi" > Reply-To: "802.11 wireless issues listserv" > <WIRELESS-LAN@LISTSERV.EDUCAUSE.EDU> > > SSID: "Free Public WiFi" > > Am seeing dozens and dozens of these on any given day as detected by > our Cisco LWAPP system- all ad hoc. Internet searching digs up articles > like this > > http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1239995&page=1 > > and this > > http://www.broadbandreports.com/forum/remark,16550092 > > With some speculation that some sort of malware is opening a door to > the wired network through a given user's wireless connection. Others say > that it's just something that got picked up travelling, where the user > actually connected to some commercial hotspot with that SSID... > > Wondering if anyone is seeing this same noise on a large scale, and > perhaps have done their own analysis on actual client machines putting > it out there over the air? > > This one sounds plausible, and may be the "real" answer- > > http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2006/09/free_public_wif.html > > where it is a viral-spread condition, but not a virus. But is amazing > how many of these are out there- over 40 right now that I can see on our > network. > > Curious in Syracuse- > > Lee > > ********** > Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent > Group discussion list > can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/. > ---------------------------------------------------------------- John Watters UA: Office of Information Technology 205-348-3992 ********** Participation and subscription information for this EDUCAUSE Constituent Group discussion list can be found at http://www.educause.edu/groups/.
