To truly be safe I'd suggest *.* -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 6:36 PM To: Raj Saxena Cc: 'Tim Pozar'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [BAWUG] Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet
Does someone have a writeup of all the ports that one would need to block to run a "safe" wireless public access point? Quoting Raj Saxena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The same philosophy applies for drive by spamming!! all the guy has to > do weather he pays for it or not is go to starbucks pay for 15 min of > access and use their mail servers for sending spam!! > > Raj > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tim Pozar > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 1:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [BAWUG] Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet > > > Tip of the hat to Lauren Gelman for pointing me to this article. > > Tim > -- > Hot spots elude RIAA dragnet > By John Borland > Staff Writer, CNET News.com > July 16, 2003, 4:00 AM PT http://news.com.com/2100-1027-1026204.html > > Early last spring, NYCWireless co-founder Anthony Townsend got a note > in the mail saying that someone on his network had been violating > copyright laws. > > This type of note is becoming increasingly common as record companies > and Hollywood studios subpoena Internet service providers (ISPs) for > information about subscribers in order to stop people from trading > songs and movies online. But Townsend's case was unusual: As the > representative of a loose collection of wireless "hot spot" Internet > access points, there was no way he or the relevant access point > operator in New York's Bryant Park could identify or warn the file > trader. > > "We brought the notice to the attention of the park management, but > they weren't concerned," Townsend said. "That whole mechanism (for > finding copyright violators) becomes really problematic when the ISP > is someone sharing a wireless access point." > > Townsend and others' similar experiences, no matter how limited today, > point to a slowly widening hole in the Recording Industry Association > of America's (RIAA) recently announced drive to identify and > ultimately sue what could be thousands of file swappers online. > > Wireless Net access through free, open or publicly available hot spots > is proving to be a last bastion of privacy on an Internet where the > veil of anonymity can now easily pierced. Wi-Fi access points give > anyone who possesses the appropriate computer equipment within a > radius of about 300 feet the ability to reach the Internet. [...] > > -- > Snail: Tim Pozar / LNS / 1978 45th Ave / San Francisco CA 94116 / USA > POTS: +1 415 665 3790 Radio: KC6GNJ / KAE6247 > "Be who you are and say what you feel because the people who mind > don't matter and the people who matter don't mind." - Dr. Seuss > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > --- > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.500 / Virus Database: 298 - Release Date: 7/10/2003 > > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
